Every single personal computer or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that communicates with the hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse and a printer, along with any apps that are present on the system. Any program input using a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the OS. On a web server, every single app runs within the parameters set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This is valid for both standard site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is created on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, so that you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server packages that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also considered to be among the most dependable and secure OSs. We offer three different ones since each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages which you could add on your server are different and this may matter if you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the Operating System that you'll choose. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, yet if necessary, we can always set up the server once again with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the plan at any moment, we can update your OS on a regular basis to keep it as risk-free as possible.