InnoDB is a very popular database storage engine for the MySQL DBMS. It is an alternative to the default MyISAM engine and it has got numerous advantages that have made it the engine of choice for many script-driven apps, including Magento and Joomla™, which have shifted over to InnoDB for good. For instance, adding huge volumes of data will be faster with InnoDB, due to the fact that it locks only one row to carry out a specific operation, not the entire database table, which makes the engine perfect for scalable applications. It also supports foreign keys and database transactions – these refer to the way in which the data is treated. In simpler words, appending new or updating existing data will either be fully completed, or will be aborted and the procedure will be rolled back if a given problem appears during the process, which is why the content that remains in the database won’t be damaged.
InnoDB in Shared Hosting
While InnoDB is either a paid upgrade or it is not available at all with many other hosting service providers, it’s an integral part of the standard set of features that we’re offering with our shared hosting packages. If you’d like to use a PHP script-based web app that requires InnoDB in particular, in order to be activated and to function properly, you won’t experience any impediments since the MySQL storage engine is available on our in-house built cloud platform. No matter if you set up a brand new MySQL database and install an application manually or take advantage of our 1-click app installer instrument, InnoDB will be selected automatically by our platform as the default engine if the specific app requires it rather than MyISAM. Besides the incredible database crash recovery that InnoDB is offering, we also make regular backups of all databases, so we can easily recover any MySQL database in your shared account.
InnoDB in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you set up a new MySQL database from the Control Panel included with each of our semi-dedicated server plans and you start installing an open-source script-powered software app either manually or using our single-click app installer, the storage engine for the database will be selected automatically based on the requirements of the particular application. Since InnoDB is available on the cloud hosting platform where your new semi-dedicated server account will be created, it will be set as the default engine for each app that needs it without any manual action needed on your end at any moment. To avoid any risk of losing info if you update an application or if you remove a database accidentally, we’ll generate backups of all your MySQL databases every day, so if something happens, we can retrieve your content.
InnoDB in VPS Servers
All Linux VPS servers that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel come with InnoDB already activated, so you will be able to run any script-driven web application that needs this MySQL database engine without having to install anything manually. You can pick Hepsia on the VPS configuration page and your brand new server will be up and running within sixty minutes, so you can sign in and start creating your web sites straight away. When you set up a new database and begin the app activation process, our system will choose the engine for that MySQL database automatically. Thus, you can use different applications at the same time without having to change anything on the Virtual Private Server. You can set up a WordPress-based weblog that uses the default MySQL engine – MyISAM, and a Magento-based e-commerce portal that uses InnoDB, for example.
InnoDB in Dedicated Servers
If you buy a new dedicated server, you will be able to pick any of the 3 Control Panels offered by us – Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel. Each server ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel comes with InnoDB pre-installed, so you will not have to activate this MySQL storage engine manually so as to be able to manage open-source script-powered web applications that need it. InnoDB is used for scalable applications and since a dedicated server will supply you with all the server resources that you need in order to run very large sites, it’s pretty likely that you will use InnoDB. You’ll be able to make use of other engines too, so in case a certain application needs MyISAM instead of InnoDB, you won’t have any difficulty while managing it. The engine that will be used will be automatically detected once the app installation commences, so you won’t have to configure any setting manually at any time.