An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer system and functions as the intermediary between applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, hosting servers also feature an Operating System which functions as a host for all of the software installed on them, which includes 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 it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host OS.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting
The dedicated servers that we offer come with three different Operating Systems as we want to give you more flexible packages that will enable you to install and run any kind of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most reliable and safe ones, not mentioning that they do not have any license fees. All three have lots of developers that have created a huge number of software packages that you can install and use on your web server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. In case you need a different OS later on, it won't be a problem because we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches which are available for it.