CentOS is short for Community Enterprise OS. This is one of the leading Linux releases for servers and it is recognized as one of the most reliable and secure 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 all 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 will need to pay for a server making use of CentOS will be more affordable as compared to the price for a server running some other OS. What makes CentOS unique among other Linux distributions is its huge developer community, which will help you get the answer to any kind of question or problem you have. What's even more, each version which is released officially is supported for 10 years, that is is much longer than with any other OS. What this means is regular safety and stability updates which will provide a great software setting for all your web applications in the long run.

CentOS in Dedicated Web Hosting

CentOS is one of the Operating Systems that we offer with all our dedicated server plans. During the signup process, you can select 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 wish to set up. In contrast to other Operating Systems, CentOS will also allow you to choose from various website hosting Control Panels, depending on what you need the server for. With Hepsia, for instance, you will be able to take care of the whole server like an individual account whatever the number of domains which you host, while with cPanel you are able to make a different account for each and every domain name, that can give you the opportunity to start a web hosting reseller business. In case you don't pick any Control Panel, you'll get your server with CentOS only, since the software that comes with the Control Panels won't be installed. We also offer you regular OS updates included in our Managed Services package, so you won't have to invest time and effort downloading and setting up the latest and most protected software on your dedicated server.