CentOS is short for Community Enterprise Operating System. This is one of the top Linux distributions for servers and it is regarded as being one of the most reliable and secure Operating Systems available. CentOS is open-source software, so you are able to customize it in whatever way you see fit, adding and removing packages or updating the code of all of them. It is also free to distribute and use, so you won't need to pay any license fees, which means that the overall price that you'll have to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be cheaper than the price for a server working with an alternative OS. What makes CentOS stand out among various other Linux distributions is its huge developer society, that will help you discover the reply to any kind of question or problem you may have. In addition, each version that is released officially is supported for ten years, that is is longer than with any other operating system. This means regular security and stability updates which will provide a stable software setting for your web applications in the long run.
CentOS in Dedicated Servers
You'll be able to get CentOS with each dedicated server which we offer, since 32-bit and 64-bit releases of the OS are some of the options which you will be able to select on the registration page. CentOS is compatible with all three hosting Control Panels that we offer, which means that you'll be able to select Hepsia, DirectAdmin or cPanel to be set up on your server. The first one is suitable for less experienced users who require a powerful hosting solution, because a Hepsia-equipped server is controlled like one large account, while the other two Control Panels will enable you to create numerous website hosting accounts on the server and even to resell the hosting space. If you need CentOS without any additional software, you're able to choose a server setup without Control Panel at all. Then you can add only the software that you need. We also offer a Managed Services upgrade, which includes weekly CentOS updates.