An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and serves as the intermediary between applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web servers also use an Operating System which functions as a host for the software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you could install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS Hosting
We offer you as many as three different Linux distributions for the Operating System of our virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are some of the safest and the most reliable OSs you can get and we supply all 3 instead of just 1 since we realize that you may want to install some software with specific requirements with regards to the Operating System it will run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a huge support community behind it and there are various software packages you could install on the server. Your OS selection will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be set up on the VPS in case you wish to use one and for that reason we offer several Control Panels too. In case you decide that you need to have some other OS, our tech support team can quickly wipe the existing one and install the one that you want. We also offer an optional service to have the OS on your VPS updated weekly.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting
The dedicated servers we offer can be set up with as many as 3 different Operating Systems as we want to offer you more flexible solutions that will permit you to install and run any type of web software whatever its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most stable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license charges. All three have lots of developers that have created numerous software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your web server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you select when you register. If you need a new OS later on, it won't be a problem because we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it every week with all patches that are released for it.