An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a PC and serves as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, including 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 interaction is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, web hosting servers also have an Operating System that acts as a host for all the software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so you will be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

In case you decide to buy one of our dedicated servers, you'll find three Operating Systems on the registration page since we want to give you a wider choice with regard to the system environment on the machine as different apps may have particular requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian feature different modules developed by their huge support communities, so you can select each of these OSs and enjoy a reliable and risk-free web hosting service. Based on your choice, you'll also have different Control Panels to choose from. Of course, we can always replace the Operating System if the one you have selected at first does not meet the requirements of the software that you'd like to run. We can also update your OS regularly to keep it as secure as possible through our Managed Services upgrade package.