CentOS is an abbreviation for Community Enterprise OS. This is one of the best Linux distributions for servers and it's recognized as being one of the most reliable and secure Operating Systems on the market. CentOS is open-source software, so you'll be able to personalize it in whatever way you see fit, adding and removing packages or changing the code of any of them. It is also free to distribute and use, so you won't have to pay any license fees, which means that the overall price that you will have to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be much lower than the price for a server running another OS. What makes CentOS stand out among various other Linux releases is its huge developer society, which will help you discover the answer to any kind of question or problem you have. What's more, each version that is released officially is supported for a decade, which is longer than with any alternative OS. What this means is routine safety and stability updates which provides a stable software environment for all of your web apps in the long run.
CentOS in Dedicated Servers
CentOS is one of the Operating Systems which we supply with all of our dedicated server packages. Throughout the sign-up process, you will be able to select from the 32-bit and the 64-bit version of the OS and make sure that the software environment on your new server matches the requirements of the apps that you'd like to set up. Unlike other Operating Systems, CentOS also allows you to choose from a couple of website hosting Control Panels, based on what you need the server for. With Hepsia, for example, you'll be able to control the entire server like just a single account whatever the number of domains that you host, while with cPanel you can generate an individual account for each and every domain, which will give you the opportunity to start a hosting reseller business. If you do not select any Control Panel, you will get your server with CentOS only, since the software that comes with the Control Panels won't be installed. We also offer you weekly OS updates as part of our own Managed Services package, so you won't have to devote effort and time downloading and installing the most current and most protected software on the dedicated server.