Multiple OS
Discover which Operating Systems you're able to run on your server.
An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transfers requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, hosting servers also feature an Operating System which serves as a host for all the software installed on them, which includes script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you will be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.
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Multiple OS in VPS Hosting
We offer you three different Linux releases for the Operating System of our
virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are among the safest and the most reliable OSs you can find and we offer all 3 instead of just one because we realize that you might want to install some software with specific requirements regarding the Operating System it will run on. The latter is because each of the three Operating Systems has a vast support community behind it and there're various software packages you could install on the web hosting server. Your OS selection will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be set up on the VPS if you wish to use one and that is why we offer multiple Control Panels as well. In case you decide that you want another OS, our technical support can quickly wipe the existing one and set up the one that you would like. In addition, we offer an optional service to have the OS on your VPS updated weekly.
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Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting
We offer three Operating Systems with our
dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're freely available and they won't increase the low price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are exceptionally secure and stable. Each one of them is backed up by a big community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from thousands of software packages that you could install on your server if the application that you would like to work with has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and because we would like to provide you with as much freedom as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a given Operating System, we could change it upon request if it turns out that you'll need alternative one. We can also keep your OS updated weekly as part of our optional Managed Services upgrade.