Best OS for VPS?

brian · #1 (**permalink**) 25-04-2006, 09:14 AM

Is there a best Operating System when using VPS? CentOS, Debian, Fedora Core, Suse??

Or is it simply the case with dedicated servers that it's not so much of a concern for the consumer hosting?

Simply wondered if there were any problems with VPS working on some Operating Systems?

triumph · #2 (**permalink**) 30-05-2006, 10:30 PM

My provider is just about to begin offering a VPS service, and they are using CentOs. I am kind of curious which is the most robust OS for a VPS service as well.

monaghan · #3 (**permalink**) 30-05-2006, 10:43 PM

I've not seen Debian or Suse offered commercially, I'm sure there was a Xen port with Debian, however as most people seem to want cPanel, then I'd go with CentOS, Fedora seems to evolve quite fast, so may be a problem for OS updates.

W.Harbaugh · #4 (**permalink**) 30-05-2006, 11:24 PM

Excuse me gentlemen but is VPS virtual private server? If so, what is it used for? Distributing bandwidth and resources across a server so more than one "site" can be used? Right? Wrong?

monaghan · #5 (**permalink**) 30-05-2006, 11:40 PM

It's logically partitioning a server into 1 or more "virtual" servers, you share the CPU disk & memory. The management system will determine how much resource each "virtual" server has.

They are usually used in place of a small server, you can host web sites, run DNS, email or whatever you wish.

DotNOC · #6 (**permalink**) 23-05-2008, 06:46 PM

Fedora for starters
CentOS for Advanced

eUKhost.com · #7 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008, 08:40 PM

I would say CentOS, most compatible with cPanel/WHM control panel.