An Operating System is the fundamental software that manages a PC. It takes care of the way your hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between various applications, as well as the prioritization of applications if multiple ones run at the same time. Every program which is installed on a computer works by sending requests to the OS for different services using an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be achieved using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting world, the Operating System is what controls a server along with all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application for example a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server packages that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also known as the most reliable and safe OSs. We provide three different ones for the reason that each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages which you can add on your hosting server are different and this could matter if you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you will pick. You can select any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, yet if needed, we can always set up the server once again with another one upon your request. As an additional service that you can add to the plan at any time, we can update the OS regularly so as to keep it as secure as possible.