An Operating System is the basic software that manages a computer. It controls the way the hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between various applications, along with the prioritization of applications when several run concurrently. Each program that is installed on a desktop or a notebook works by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be achieved using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the OS is what controls a web server and all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. In case there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers we offer can be set up with as many as 3 different Operating Systems as we want to offer you more flexible packages that will allow you to install and run any type of web software irrespective of its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most dependable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any license charges. All three have numerous developers who have created a large number of software packages that you could install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need some other OS later on, it will not be a problem since we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it every week with all patches which are available for it.