CentOS is short for Community Enterprise Operating System. This is one of the leading Linux releases for servers and it's regarded as being one of the most reliable and risk-free Operating Systems available. CentOS is open-source software, which means that you will be able to customize it in whatever way you see fit, adding and removing packages or updating the program code of any of them. It's also free to distribute and use, so you won't have to pay any kind of license fees, which means that the overall price that you'll have to pay for a server running CentOS will be cheaper than the price for a server running another OS. What makes CentOS unique among various other Linux distributions is its huge developer society, which will help you get the reply to any question or problem you have. What's more, each version which is released officially is supported for ten years, that is is a lot longer than with any alternative operating system. What this means is regular safety and stability updates which provides a great software environment for your web applications in the long run.
CentOS in Dedicated Hosting
CentOS is among the Operating Systems which we supply with all of our dedicated server plans. Throughout the registration process, you'll be able to choose from the 32-bit and the 64-bit version of the OS and ensure that the software environment on your new server matches the requirements of the apps that you want to install. In contrast to other Operating Systems, CentOS will also allow you to choose from a couple of hosting Control Panels, according to what you need the server for. With Hepsia, for instance, you'll be able to control the server like an individual account irrespective of the number of domains which you host, while with cPanel you can create an independent account for each and every domain name, that can give you the opportunity to start a hosting reseller business. In case you don't select any Control Panel, you'll receive the server with CentOS only, since the software that comes with the Control Panels won't be installed. We also provide regular OS updates included in our own Managed Services package, so you won't have to invest effort and time downloading and setting up the most recent and most protected software on your dedicated server.