Every single notebook or desktop or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which communicates with the computer hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, along with any applications that are present on your 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, any application runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This is valid for both standard site scripts and server-side software like a media server. In case a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, which means that you will be able to set up a different software environment on the very same machine.

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 totally free and they will not increase the cost of your new web server, but also because they are very stable and secure. Each of them is backed up by a vast community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from countless software packages that you may install on your server if the app that you want to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer run on specific OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much adaptability as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a given OS, we could change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you will need alternative one. We will also keep your OS updated weekly as part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.