InnoDB is a MySQL database engine, which has been gaining popularity in recent years, because it offers a much better overall performance and an improved crash recovery in comparison to the default engine that is used by MySQL – MyISAM. InnoDB is endorsed by a lot of devs that run highly scalable applications, because it works more efficiently with large data volumes, while it keeps the server load at a minimum. Moreover, it locks only a single row in the database in case any information should be updated, while lots of other engines lock the entire database table and therefore need much more time to accomplish multiple sequential tasks. Last, but not least, InnoDB abides by a set of "all-or-nothing" rules – in case the entire data modification procedure cannot be completed for some reason, the action is rolled back to avoid scrambling or the loss of data. Magento and the latest releases of Joomla™ are two examples of popular script-powered web apps which have shifted over to InnoDB.
InnoDB in Hosting
While InnoDB is either not offered or it is a paid upgrade with many web hosting providers, it’s an integral part of the default set of services offered with our hosting packages. If you’d like to use a PHP-powered application that needs InnoDB particularly, in order to be activated and to work correctly, you won’t encounter any difficulties since the MySQL database engine is available on our custom-developed cloud website hosting platform. Irrespective of whether you set up a new MySQL database and activate an app manually or take advantage of our single-click app installer tool, InnoDB will be selected automatically by our platform as the default engine if the respective app needs InnoDB rather than MyISAM. Besides the outstanding crash recovery that InnoDB offers, we also store regular database backups, so that we can easily recover any database in your shared hosting account.
InnoDB in Semi-dedicated Hosting
InnoDB is available with all our Linux semi-dedicated hosting services by default, so the moment you buy a new account, you can go on and install any open-source script-based app that requires this particular database engine. A couple of engines are pre-installed on our cloud web hosting platform, so when you create a brand new MySQL database and begin installing an application manually, or decide to make use of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel-integrated application installer tool, the engine for the database will be set based on the requirements of the particular application. This will allow you to install and manage InnoDB-specific apps without running into any impediment and without having to edit any settings in your semi-dedicated account. To avoid any risk, we will always have a one-week-old backup of all your MySQL databases, so if you erase or change any content accidentally, we can quickly recover it.
InnoDB in VPS Hosting
If you order a virtual private server with our Hepsia Control Panel, the InnoDB database storage engine will be included in the software package that will be pre-installed on your VPS server before we hand it over to you. You won’t have to set up anything manually and you will be able to enable and manage any script-based software application that needs InnoDB when your VPS is set up, which takes no more than one hour after the order submission itself. Several engines are offered, so anytime you create a MySQL database through the Hepsia Control Panel, a specific engine will be picked once the app activation process begins and our system will recognize the engine that is required by the app in question. If you have to use MyISAM, for example, you will not have to do anything different from installing the preferred application, whether manually or using our application installer.
InnoDB in Dedicated Web Hosting
If you acquire a new dedicated server, you will be able to choose any of the 3 Control Panels offered by our company – Hepsia, DirectAdmin and cPanel. Each server ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel comes with InnoDB pre-installed, so you will not have to enable this MySQL storage engine manually so as to be able to use PHP-powered applications that need it. InnoDB is used for scalable apps and since a dedicated server will give you all the resources that you need in order to manage very large websites, it is rather likely that you will resort to InnoDB. You’ll be able to make use of other engines too, so in case a certain application requires MyISAM rather than InnoDB, you won’t experience any problem while using it. The engine that will be used will be automatically detected the moment the app installation process begins, so you won’t need to configure any settings manually at any time.