CentOS is short for Community Enterprise OS. This is one of the leading Linux distributions for servers and it is regarded as one of the most dependable and risk-free Operating Systems available. CentOS is open-source software, which means that you will be able to customize it in any way you see fit, adding and removing packages or updating the code of any of them. It's also free to distribute and use, so you won't need to pay any kind of license fees, which means that the total price that you will have to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be cheaper than the price for a server working with another OS. What makes CentOS stand out among other Linux distributions is its huge developer community, that will help you find the reply to any question or problem you have. What's more, each version that's released officially is supported for a decade, that's is a lot longer than with any alternative operating system. What this means is frequent safety and stability updates which provides a reliable software environment for all of your web applications in the long run.
CentOS in VPS Web Hosting
You'll be able to select CentOS for your new virtual private server during the signup process. We offer 32-bit and 64-bit releases, in order to give you the opportunity to choose the one that is more suitable for the applications that you wish to install and manage. CentOS supports different web hosting Control Panels, so you will have a choice between cPanel, Hepsia and DirectAdmin, according to what you would like to do - to set up a separate account for each and every domain name hosted on your server and even to start your own reseller business, or to host all your domains together and manage the server as one single account. You'll also have the choice to obtain your VPS without Control Panel in case you need a machine with CentOS, yet without the additional software which is provided with the Control Panels. In this way, you can easily install web or database servers which are different from the default ones that we provide.
CentOS in Dedicated Servers Hosting
CentOS is among the Operating Systems that we offer with all our dedicated server plans. Throughout the registration process, you can pick from the 32-bit and the 64-bit release of the OS and make sure that the software environment on your new server meets the requirements of the applications that you'd like to set up. Compared to other Operating Systems, CentOS will also allow you to choose from several website hosting Control Panels, depending on what you need the server for. With Hepsia, for example, you'll be able to take care of the whole server like an individual account whatever the number of domain names which you host, while with cPanel and DirectAdmin, you're able to generate a separate account for each domain, which will give you the opportunity to start a web hosting reseller business. In case you don't select any Control Panel, you'll get your server with CentOS only, as the software that comes with the Control Panels will not be installed. We also provide regular OS updates included in our Managed Services package, so you won't need to invest effort and time downloading and setting up the most recent and most secure software on the dedicated server.