CentOS 5

CentOS 5 is the latest version of the Community ENTerprise Operating System. Replacing the Fedora Core distribution for our Linux server range, CentOS has an active and growing user community, with long term support and security updates.

Fasthosts CentOS 5 dedicated servers deliver:

• Kernel 2.6
• Apache 2.2 web server
• PureFTP FTP server
• Courier POP and IMAP mail server
• Postfix SMTP mail transit agent
• MySQL database management system
• Bind 9.3 DNS
• Perl, Python and PHP scripting
• IPTables firewall security
• NTP automatic time synchronisation
• nightly updates.

Because it's Linux, you have full choice over what software you install. For a web server, enterprise database server or whatever you choose, CentOS 5 provides stability and flexibility.