A virtual or a dedicated server is a standalone machine, that has its own Operating System and maintaining the latter up-to-date is an important, albeit underrated task. Not only can an update enhance the overall performance of your websites, but it can also save you a great deal of troubles down the road. An update could be released for several reasons, the most prevalent being to fix recently identified security holes, which may permit third-party people to access and change the content you have on the hosting machine. You can also see an improved efficiency of your web programs since updates can also be released for better compatibility between the Operating System and the configuration it functions on so as to get the most out of the hardware. Furthermore, if you keep your applications up-to-date, they could also require a later Operating system version which will have the needed software dependencies and will enable them to operate adequately.
Weekly OS Update in VPS
If you use one of our Virtual Private Servers, you can benefit from our Managed Services pack, which includes a number of admin tasks which our administrators can perform on your server. Among them you'll find the Os update service, so in the event that you add the pack to your virtual private server plan, we'll keep your Operating system up-to-date consistently. This is valid for all three Os's that we offer you - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. With this service, you won't have to worry about server-side security problems and you can use it if you do not have a lot of experience with maintaining a Linux server or if you simply do not have time to handle such matters. After each and every update our administrators will make certain that all websites and offline apps which you have on the server are functioning properly.
Weekly OS Update in Dedicated Hosting
In the event that you don't have time to update the Os of your dedicated server or you aren't very experienced and you simply do not have the skills to do that, you'll be able to benefit from our Operating system update service, which is included with the Managed Services upgrade. The latter might be added to your account at any time and our system administrators shall update the Os that you have chosen during the signup - Debian, Ubuntu or CentOS, with all officially released patches. They shall also carefully check if the software on your server is working exactly how it ismeant to after the update as to avoid any problems later on. You shall have a secure hosting machine at all times as the updates are carried out every week.