An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a PC and works as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends 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). Just like a personal computer, web servers also feature an Operating System that acts as a host for all of the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

In case you select one of our virtual private server solutions, you will have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, since the apps that you may want to run on the server may have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each one of the three has certain pros regarding the available plans that you may later install, but what's common between them is that they are very stable and dependable and have huge communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to provide you with 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 Web Hosting

In case you decide to purchase one of our dedicated servers, you shall find three Operating Systems on the registration page since we want to give you a wider choice regarding the system environment on the machine as different applications could have particular requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian include different modules developed by their large support communities, so you can select each of these OSs and take advantage of a reliable and risk-free Internet hosting service. Based on your decision, you'll also have different Control Panels to choose from. Of course, we can always change the Operating System in case the one you have selected initially doesn't meet the requirements of the software that you would like to run. We can also update the OS routinely in order to keep it as risk-free as possible through our Managed Services upgrade package.