An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transmits requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A lot like a personal computer, web hosting servers also use an Operating System that functions as a host for the software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated servers we offer can be set up with as many as three different Operating Systems as we want to offer you more versatile packages that will let you install and run any type of web software irrespective of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most stable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any license fees. All three have lots of developers who have created numerous software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need a different OS afterwards, it will not be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with any patches which are released for it.