An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web hosting servers also have an Operating System which functions as a host for all the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etcetera. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they are also known as the most dependable and secure OSs. We supply three different ones because each one of them is supported by a separate community. The packages that you could add on your hosting server are different and this could matter if you want to install some piece of software with specific requirements regarding 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 pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, but if needed, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the package at any moment, we can update the OS on a regular basis so as to keep it as risk-free as possible.