An Operating System is the low-level software which manages a computer. It handles how your hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, and the prioritization of applications in case several run at once. Each program that's installed on a computer works by sending requests to the OS for different services using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS can be performed via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting field, the OS is what runs a web hosting server and any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting
If you choose to buy one of our virtual private server packages, you shall be able to pick one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most widely used and most dependable server OSs out there and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you want to install some application with specific requirements in terms of the packages that have to be present on the web hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you can use will depend on the OS that you have chosen. We leave the chance to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates that may be available.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting
The dedicated servers that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems since we want to offer you more versatile packages which will let you install and run any web software regardless of its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most dependable and safe ones, not mentioning that they do not have any license costs. All three have numerous developers who have created countless software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need some other OS subsequently, it will not be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with any patches which are available for it.