An Operating System is the basic software that manages a PC. It takes care of how your hardware operates, the communication with peripherals including a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, as well as the prioritization of applications if multiple ones run at the same time. Each program that is installed on a desktop or a notebook works by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be achieved through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the OS is what runs a web hosting server as well as any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. When there are virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated servers we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems since we want to give you more flexible solutions which will allow you to install and run any web software whatever its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most stable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any license costs. All three have lots of developers that have created a huge number of software packages that you may install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. If you need a different OS subsequently, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with all patches that are released for it.