An Operating System is the basic software that manages a PC. It takes care of the way your hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between various applications, plus the prioritization of apps if several run at once. Each program which is installed on a desktop or a laptop operates by sending requests to the OS for different services using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be performed via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting field, the Operating System is what controls a web hosting server along with all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with as many as 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 considered to be among the most dependable and safe OSs. We offer three different ones since each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you can add on your hosting server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you'll select. You can select any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, but if necessary, we can always install the server once again with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the package at any moment, we can update the OS on a regular basis so as to keep it as secure as possible.