Operating systems for your dedicated server

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The Plesk Web Host licence is adapted for traditional hosting providers who offer shared accounts to their customers, who can then configure them as they see fit. This licence provides the security and management tools necessary for sites and domains to support multiple customers.

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Do you have a limited number of servers or limited virtualisation requirements? Choose the Standard Edition. Otherwise, choose the Datacenter Edition version to fit your larger virtualisation projects and help you implement software-managed datacentres.

Designed for the essential database features, the Standard Edition offers a number of built-in features related to high availability and security. You get up to 24 cores and 128 GB of buffer memory per SQL Server instance.
For support tailored to your applications, the Web Edition offers an optimised TCO. It offers a maximum of 16 cores and 64 GB of buffer memory per SQL Server instance.

Through our catalogue of optimised images, we offer you specific versions for harnessing the full power of your server components and OVHcloud infrastructure. The images are produced and maintained by OVHcloud. You do not have to worry about providing the classic system images, and updates are also provided by us.

We provide a list of images for the most common uses. You may need a more specific environment. If this is the case, you can import the system image of your choice with Bring Your Own Image technology.

You are in charge of your dedicated server. As such, we have no access to the operating system or your machine.

Only paid licences will appear when you place your order. After ordering, you will then find all of the operating systems, distributions and compatible applications pre-installed in your Control Panel.

Yes. You can view the licences available for purchase in your Control Panel.

Most operating systems and software are available with most of our servers. However, in some cases, some systems may not be compatible with all products.
To check licence compatibility, go to the order step.

Yes, you can use your SPLA licences (Standard or Datacentre) on all of our dedicated servers.

It is a physical server dedicated to the user. You are the administrator of a machine with raw performance, without any software layer or technical constraints. The OVHcloud Bare Metal dedicated server comes in different configurations. Choose hardware specifications to suit your needs: processors (CPU), RAM, storage space (SATA hard drives, SSD NVMe), hardware or software RAID. Each configuration is adapted to one or more different usage types, such as virtualisation and big data. To work, you need to choose a distribution for your dedicated server from dozens of available systems.

By definition, a dedicated server allows you to carry out any project. If you are wondering what you can do with a dedicated server, check out our different use cases. Whether you want to launch a fleet of virtual machines, host an online video game, or simply launch an e-commerce platform, there is a server configuration suitable for your project.

Each OS has its own characteristics. What you choose will depend, among other things, on the features needed to complete your project. There are as many use cases as there are operating systems and distributions for your dedicated server. Linux and its many distributions cover a lot of needs, with a lot of freedom to manage your environment. Windows offers a familiar environment and many services.

Here is a list of the most popular operating systems:

• AlmaLinux
• CentOS
• Debian
• Fedora
• Rocky Linux
• Ubuntu
• Windows Server
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Proxmox
• VMware ESXi

From the range of server configurations available, you can choose between a dedicated server with an Intel processor or a dedicated server with an AMD processor. Both manufacturers are known for their reliable and high-performance hardware. To help you choose, you need to determine the processor resource requirements for your project. Please note that some processors provide advanced features. Intel Xeon E processors include the Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX), a technology that offers hardware memory encryption, to enhance the security of your data. AMD EPYC processors come with AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualisation (SEV), which increases data protection (privacy and integrity) by encrypting your virtual machines.