InnoDB is a popular database engine for the MySQL RDBMS. It’s an alternative to the default MyISAM engine and it has lots of advantages which have made it the preferred engine for numerous script-based web applications, such as Joomla and Magento, which have shifted over to InnoDB for good. For instance, importing immense volumes of data will be much faster with InnoDB, because it locks only one database row to carry out a given task, not the entire database table, which makes the engine perfect for scalable apps. InnoDB also supports foreign keys and database transactions – these refer to the manner in which the information is tackled. Put simply, appending new or modifying existing data will either be fully completed, or will be annulled and the procedure will be rolled back in case a given issue appears during the process, hence the content that remains in the database won’t be lost.

InnoDB in Web Hosting

You will be able to use any open-source script-powered app that requires InnoDB if you have a Linux web hosting package with us, as the database storage engine is available on our innovative cloud website hosting platform as standard. During the app activation – manual or automatic, InnoDB will be selected as the default engine and the setup will proceed flawlessly in case this engine is needed. You can run applications that need the MyISAM engine without having to deal with any difficulty as well and, again, the engine will be pre-selected, so you will not need to update any setting manually at any time. Furthermore, we’ll also perform daily backups of all the databases that you have in your shared account, so in case you delete or overwrite anything, we can quickly get it back to the way it was on any of the past 7 days.

InnoDB in Dedicated Web Hosting

Our Hepsia Control Panel is among the features which you can select on the server configuration page when you purchase a dedicated server from us. As this is the most powerful type of website hosting, it’s very likely that you’ll run very popular sites that will draw plenty of visitors, and since InnoDB is among the best options for such websites, we will activate it along with all the other software apps that come with a Hepsia-managed server. When you create a new MySQL database in your dedicated account, there won’t be any active database engine until you begin installing a PHP script, whether manually via your Internet browser or using the automatic script installer tool that is available in the hosting Control Panel. The required engine will be automatically detected and will be assigned to the database in question, so you can make use of scripts that need InnoDB, as well as ones that need MyISAM – the default MySQL engine, without any obstacles.