An Operating System is the basic software which controls a computer system. It handles how your hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between all the applications, and the prioritization of apps when multiple ones run at once. Every program that is installed on a desktop or a notebook functions by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be performed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting world, the Operating System is what runs a web server as well as any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application such as a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be installed with as many as 3 different Operating Systems since we want to give you more flexible packages that will enable you to install and run any kind of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most reliable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license fees. All three have a large number of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you may install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. If you need a different OS later on, it won't be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it every week with any patches that are available for it.