A virtual or a dedicated hosting machine is a standalone machine, which has its own Os and keeping the latter up-to-date is a vital, though underrated task. Not simply can an update enhance the functionality of your internet sites, but it will also save you a great deal of troubles in the future. An update can be released for a lot of reasons, the most frequent being to fix recently identified security holes, which may enable third-party people to access and alter the content that you have on the server. You can also see an improved overall performance of your web applications because updates can also be released for better compatibility between the Operating System and the configuration it works on so as to get the most out of the hardware. Additionally, if you keep your apps up-to-date, they might also require a later OS version that will have the required software dependencies and will enable them to function properly.
Weekly OS Update in Dedicated Servers
If you do not have the time to update the Operating System of your dedicated server or you are not very experienced and you simply do not have the skills to do that, you can take full advantage of our OS update service, which is included with the Managed Services upgrade. The latter might be added to your account any time and our system admins will update the Operating System which you have picked during the signup - Debian, Ubuntu or CentOS, with all officially released patches. They shall also thoroughly check if the software on your hosting server is functioning the way it'smeant to after the update as to avoid any complications down the road. You shall have a secure server at all times as the updates are carried out weekly.