Every PC or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that interacts with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, as well as any apps that are present on your 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 Operating System. On a web server, any application runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This goes for both standard site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. In case a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so you will be able to set up a different software environment on the same machine.
Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting
We provide as many as 3 different Linux distributions for the Operating System of our virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are some of the safest and the most reliable OSs you can get and we supply all three of them instead of just 1 since we realize that you might want to install some software that has specific requirements regarding the Operating System it'll run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a huge support community behind it and there are various software packages you may install on the web server. Your OS choice will also determine exactly what hosting Control Panel can be set up on the VPS in case you wish to use one and for this reason we offer several Control Panels too. In the event you decide that you want some other OS, our tech support can quickly wipe the current one and set up the one that you'd like. We also offer an optional service to have the OS on your VPS updated weekly.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting
The dedicated servers we offer can be set up with as many as 3 different Operating Systems since we want to offer you more flexible solutions that will allow you to install and run any kind of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most reliable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license charges. All three have a large number of developers who have created a huge number of software packages that you may install and use on your 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 new OS later, it will not be a problem because we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with any patches that are available for it.