Each personal computer or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software that communicates with the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, and any apps that are present on your system. Any program input through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the OS. On a server, each and every application runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This is valid for both standard site scripts and server-side software like a media server. In case a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two independent Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so you'll be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they’re also known as the most dependable and risk-free OSs. We offer three different ones for the reason that each of them is backed by a different community. The packages which you could add on your hosting server are different and this may matter if you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will choose. You can select any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, however if necessary, we can always set up the server once again with another one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the plan at any moment, we can update your OS on a regular basis so as to keep it as secure as possible.