Each and every notebook or desktop or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that interacts with the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or 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 server, each and every app runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This is valid for both standard site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. When a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so that you will be able to set up a different software environment on the same machine.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also known as the most dependable and secure OSs. We provide three different ones because each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you could add on your hosting server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will pick. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order process, yet if needed, we can always install the server once again with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the plan any time, we can update the OS on a regular basis so as to keep it as risk-free as possible.