Every desktop or notebook or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, and any applications that are currently installed on the 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, each app runs within the parameters specified by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This goes for both standard website scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so you will be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.
Multiple OS in VPS
In case you decide to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you will be able to opt for one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most popular and most stable server OSs available and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you would like to install some application with particular requirements with regards to the packages that need to be present on the web server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you have picked. We leave the option to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates that may be available.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting
The dedicated servers we offer can be installed with as many as three different Operating Systems since we want to offer you more versatile solutions which will allow you to install and run any kind of web software regardless of its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most reliable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license charges. All three have lots of developers that have created numerous software packages that you could install and use on your server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. If you need a different OS later on, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it every week with all patches which are available for it.