An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a PC and works as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web servers also have an Operating System which serves as a host for any software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etcetera. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you select one of our virtual private server plans, you'll have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, since the apps that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of the three has certain advantages regarding the available packages that you can later on install, but what's common between them is that they're really stable and dependable and have vast communities which support them. The internet hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. When 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 couple of minutes. We also offer you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

In case you decide to purchase one of our dedicated servers, you shall find three Operating Systems on the registration page because we want to give you a broader choice for the system environment on your server as different apps could have specific requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian feature different modules developed by their huge support communities, so you can select each of these OSs and enjoy a reliable and risk-free hosting service. Depending on your selection, you'll also have different Control Panels to choose from. Of course, we can always change the Operating System if the one you have selected at first does not meet the requirements of the software which you intend to run. We can also upgrade the OS routinely in order to keep it as risk-free as possible through our Managed Services upgrade package.