A virtual or a dedicated server is a standalone machine, which has its own Operating System and maintaining the latter up-to-date is a vital, though underestimated task. Not only can an update boost the general performance of your internet sites, but it could also save you lots of troubles in the future. An update may be released for several reasons, the most common being to fix newly discovered security holes, which may allow third-party people to access and modify the content which you have on the hosting machine. You can also see an improved functionality of your web apps since updates may also be released for better compatibility between the Os and the configuration it functions on so as to get the most out of the hardware. Additionally, if you keep your applications up-to-date, they may need a later OS version which will have the necessary software dependencies and will allow them to work effectively.
Weekly OS Update in VPS
If you use one of our Virtual Private Servers, you can take advantage of our Managed Services pack, which includes numerous admin tasks that our administrators can perform on your hosting machine. Among them you'll find the Os update service, so in case you add the pack to your virtual private server plan, we shall keep your OS up-to-date all the time. This is valid for all 3 Operating Systems which we supply - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. With this service, you will not need to be concerned about server-side security issues and you can employ it if you don't have much experience with maintaining a Linux server or if you simply do not have time to handle such matters. After each update our administrators will make sure that all sites and offline apps that you have on the hosting server are working properly.
Weekly OS Update in Dedicated Hosting
If you obtain one of our Linux dedicated servers hosting packages and you wish to have an up-to-date Operating System, but you haven't managed your own hosting server before and you aren't confident how to do that or you just do not have the required time to manage the hosting machine, you'll be able to take advantage of the Operating system update service that's included in our Managed Services bundle. Our admins can set up the latest patches for the Operating system that you have chosen for the hosting machine - CentOS, Debian or Ubuntu, and they'll make certain that all of your apps are working correctly after that. The updates are carried out every week, so you will constantly have the latest Operating System version and you won't need to bother about any OS-related security problems.