An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer system and functions as the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transfers requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, hosting servers also feature an Operating System that serves as a host for all of the software installed on them, which includes script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're absolutely free so they won't increase the cost of your new hosting server, but also because they are very secure and stable. Each of them is backed up by a vast community of web developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from countless software packages that you can install on your server if the app that you intend to use has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much adaptability as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a certain OS, we can change it upon request if it turns out that you need a different one. We can also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.