Every single desktop or notebook or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripherals such as a mouse and a printer, and any apps that are present on your system. Any program input through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the OS. On a server, any application runs within the parameters set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This goes for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software like a media server. In case a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, named guest OS and host OS, which means that you will be able to set up a different software environment on the very same machine.

Multiple OS in Dedicated 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 free so they will not increase the cost of your new server, but also because they are really stable and secure. Each one of them is supported by a large community of web developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from thousands of software packages that you can install on your server in case the application that you intend to employ has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer run on specific OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much versatility as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a given OS, we will change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you will need alternative one. We can also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.