Selecting the Operating System Right for Your Needs
Once you have selected the appropriate server hardware to fit your needs, the next step is to selecting which operating system to use.
Choosing the right operating system is an important part of the process because it is the crucial software that is going to manage your computers resources, control and allocate your computers memory, prioritize system requests, control input and output devices, facilitate computer networking, and manage files.
NanoServersHosting offers several different operating systems including Linux/Unix-based operating systems and Microsoft Windows based operating systems. The particular operating system or family (Linux or Microsoft Windows) that you choose is going to be wholly dependent on your eventual use of the server.
Note: For Linux users, we do recommend CentOS.
Operating Systems We Install
The following operating systems are the standard, available for install:
- CentOS (4.x or 5.x) - you can check out their website here, Centos.org
- Fedora (9 or 10) - you can check out their website here, FedoraProject.org
- Debian (4.0 or 5) - you can check out their website here, Debian.org
- Ubuntu (8) - you can check out their website here, Ubuntu.com
- FreeBSD (6.3 or 7.0) - you can check out their website here, FreeBSD.org
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Server 5) - you can check out their website here, redhat.com
- Windows 2003 Web x86 (2GB RAM maximum) - you can check out their website here, Windows Server 2003
- Windows 2003 Standard x86 (4GB RAM maximum) - you can check you their website here, Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2008 Web (1-2 CPU) Max. 4GBs of RAM - you can check out their website here, Windows Web Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (1-2 CPU) Max. 64GBs of RAM - you can check out their website here, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (1-2 CPU) Max. 64GBs of RAM - you can check out their website here, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2008 Standard (1-2 CPU) Max. 4GBs of RAM - you can check out their website here, Windows Server 2008 Standard
Note: Windows 2008 is available in both x86 (32bit) and x64(64bit) versions
Control Panel Compatibility
- Parallels Plesk: For a complete list of which operating systems Plesk is compatible with, please see the
Parallels
website for: Compatible Operating Systems
- cPanel: For a complete list of which operating systems cPanel is compatible with; please see the CPanel website to view the Operating System requirements.
Comparison of Different Types of Windows Operating Systems
