Every virtual or dedicated server has its own Operating System and operates separately from the hosting machines of other customers. Updating the Operating system is often ignored, but doing that may have a wide range of benefits for your internet sites. The most essential reason to employ the most recent version is that patches are usually released to repair security holes within the Operating System code, so if you don't install the updates, you risk people with harmful intentions to take advantage of these holes and to access your content. Operating system updates are also released for enhanced efficiency of the system overall and for better compatibility with the hardware available on the market, which could directly impact the efficiency of your internet sites. If the efficiency and the security of your scripts is the reason to update them, you could also discover that their latest versions require an updated Operating System so as to operate effectively, therefore keeping the OS up-to-date is always wise.
Weekly OS Update in Dedicated Servers
If you get one of our dedicated web hosting plans and you want to have an up-to-date Operating System, but you haven't managed your own hosting machine before and you are not confident how to do that or you just don't have enough time to take care of the hosting machine, you'll be able to take advantage of the OS update service which is integrated in our Managed Services bundle. Our admins can set up the latest patches for the OS you have chosen for the server - CentOS, Debian or Ubuntu, and they will make sure that your apps are operating correctly after that. The updates are performed each week, so you will constantly have the latest Os version and you will not need to bother about any OS-related security problems.