An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a PC and serves as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System which acts as a host for all the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so you could install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with as many as three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more flexible plans which will permit you to install and run any web software regardless of its system requirements. The options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most stable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any license costs. All three have thousands of developers that have created numerous software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need a new OS later on, it will not be a problem as we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it every week with any patches which are released for it.