An Operating System is the basic software which controls a computer. It takes care of the way the hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between all the applications, plus the prioritization of apps in case several run simultaneously. Each and every program that is installed on a desktop or a notebook works by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be done through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting world, the OS is what commands a web server as well as any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application for example a VOIP or a game server. When there are virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting
If you decide to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you will be able to pick one of the three Linux distributions that we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most preferred and most reliable server OSs out there and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you wish to install some application with particular requirements in terms of the packages that must be present on the server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use will depend on the OS that you have selected. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates that may be available.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting
The dedicated server plans that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they are also known as the most stable and risk-free OSs. We provide three different ones since each one of them is backed by a different community. The packages that you can add on your hosting server are different and this could matter if you want to install some piece of software with specific requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the Operating System that you'll select. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, but if needed, we can always set up the server once again with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you may add to the plan at any time, we can update your OS regularly in order to keep it as risk-free as possible.
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