Each notebook or desktop or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which communicates with the computer hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, along with any apps that are installed 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 Operating System. On a web server, any app runs within the parameters specified by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This is valid for both standard website scripts and server-side software like a media server. When a virtual server is created on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, named guest OS and host OS, which means that you can set up a different software environment on the same machine.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also known as the most stable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones for the reason that each one of them is supported by a different community. The packages which you could add on your hosting server are different and this could matter if you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you'll pick. You can choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, however if needed, we can always install the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the plan any time, we can update your OS on a regular basis in order to keep it as risk-free as possible.