Each PC or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program which interacts with the computer hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, along with any applications that are installed 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, every single application runs within the parameters set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This goes for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software like a media server. When a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two independent Operating Systems, named guest OS and host OS, so that you will be able to set up a different software environment on the same machine.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers we offer can be installed with as many as three different Operating Systems since we want to give you more versatile packages that will enable you to install and run any web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most dependable and secure ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license charges. All three have a large number of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you may install and use on your web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. If you need some other OS afterwards, it will not be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with all patches that are released for it.