An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web hosting servers also feature an Operating System that acts as a host for any software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more flexible packages that will let you install and run any kind of web software irrespective 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 thousands of developers who have created countless software packages that you could 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 register. In case you need another OS subsequently, it won't be a problem because we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with any patches which are released for it.