An Operating System is the fundamental software that manages a computer. It controls how your hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, plus the prioritization of apps in case several run simultaneously. Every program that's installed on a desktop or a notebook functions by sending requests to the OS for various services using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be achieved via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the OS is what controls a server and all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. In case there are virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting
In case you pick one of our virtual private server solutions, you'll have three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, since the applications that you might choose to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of these three has certain pros in terms of the available packages that you may later install, but what's common between them is that they are very secure and dependable and have large communities which support them. The internet hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to give you more flexibility. In case you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a matter of minutes. We also offer the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting
We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're freely available so they will not increase the price of your new hosting server, but also because they are really secure and stable. Each of them is backed up by a huge community of web developers, so you will be able to choose from thousands of software packages that you could install on your server if the application that you would like to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and since we would like to give you as much adaptability as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a certain OS, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you need another one. We can also keep your OS updated on a weekly basis as part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.