CentOS is an abbreviation for Community Enterprise Operating System. This is one of the best Linux releases for servers and it is well known as being one of the most dependable and risk-free Operating Systems out there. CentOS is open-source software, which means that you are able to customize it in any way you see fit, adding and removing packages or altering the program code of any of them. It's also free to distribute and use, so you will not have to pay any kind of license fees, meaning that the overall price that you'll have to pay for a server running CentOS will be cheaper as compared to the price for a server working with some other OS. What makes CentOS stand out among various other Linux distributions is its huge developer community, which will help you find the reply to any question or problem you may have. In addition, each version which is released officially is supported for a decade, that's is a lot longer than with any other operating system. What this means is frequent protection and stability updates which will provide a dependable software environment for all your web apps in the long run.
CentOS in VPS Servers
You can select CentOS for your brand new VPS server throughout the registration process. We supply 32-bit and 64-bit releases, in order to give you the opportunity to select the one which will be more suitable for the applications that you intend to set up and work with. CentOS supports multiple hosting Control Panels, so that you will have a choice between cPanel, Hepsia and DirectAdmin, depending on what you wish to do - to create a separate account for each and every domain name hosted on the server and even to start your reseller business, or to host all of your domain names at the same time and manage the server as one single account. You'll also have the option to buy the VPS with no Control Panel in case you need a machine with CentOS, however without the extra software that comes with the Control Panels. This way, you are able to install web or database servers that are different from the default ones that we provide.
CentOS in Dedicated Servers
If you decide to get one of the dedicated server plans which we provide, you can choose the CentOS Operating System for your machine. Since it's very light and efficient, you will be able to utilize all the system resources for your website. CentOS supports all three website hosting Control Panels that we supply - Hepsia, cPanel and DirectAdmin. In this way, you're able to use the dedicated server for virtually any purpose - to host your personal Internet sites in just a single account, to set up separate Control Panels for each and every domain name or even to resell hosting packages to other people. You may also obtain a server with no Control Panel and install any custom-made software that you need, in place of the default apps that we install on each machine that is ordered with a Control Panel. If you add our optional Managed Services bundle throughout the registration process or at any later time, we'll perform weekly CentOS updates besides all the other things that are included in the bundle.