Every single notebook or desktop or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which interacts with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, as well as any applications that are present on the system. Any program input through 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, every single app runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This goes 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, which means that you'll 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 three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also regarded as the most reliable and safe OSs. We offer three different ones as each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you could add on your web server are different and this could matter if you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements regarding the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will select. You can select any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, yet if needed, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you may add to the package whenever you want, we can update the OS regularly in order to keep it as secure as possible.