InnoDB is a very popular storage engine for the MySQL relational database management system. It is an alternative to the default engine – MyISAM, and it has a number of advantages which make it the preferred engine for numerous PHP script-based software apps, including Magento and Joomla™, which have switched to InnoDB permanently. For example, importing immense amounts of data will be faster with InnoDB, as it locks only one database row to perform a certain task, not the entire table, which makes the engine perfect for scalable applications. InnoDB also supports foreign keys and transactions – these refer to the manner in which the data is tackled. In simpler words, appending new or editing existent data will either be fully completed, or will be canceled and the procedure will be rolled back if a given problem appears in the meantime, therefore the content that remains in the database won’t be damaged.
InnoDB in Cloud Hosting
While InnoDB is either not available or a paid upgrade with other hosting companies, it is an essential part of the standard set of services that we offer with our cloud hosting plans. In case you’d like to use a script-based software application that needs InnoDB in particular, in order to be installed and to work correctly, you will not have any difficulties because the MySQL storage engine is available on our custom-developed cloud hosting platform. Regardless of whether you create a brand-new MySQL database and activate an application manually or take advantage of our one-click app installer software instrument, InnoDB will be selected automatically by our platform as the default engine if the specific app needs InnoDB instead of MyISAM. Besides the incredible database failure recovery that InnoDB offers, we also store regular database backups, so that we can quickly restore any MySQL database in your shared hosting account.
InnoDB in VPS Servers
All VPS servers that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel come with InnoDB already installed, so you’ll be able to take advantage of any open-source script-powered web app that needs this particular database engine without needing to activate anything manually. You can choose Hepsia on the VPS configuration page and your brand-new VPS server will be set up within one hour, so you can sign in and begin creating your websites straight away. When you set up a brand new database and start the app installation process, our system will choose the engine for that database automatically. In this way, you can manage various apps at the same time without editing anything on the Virtual Private Server. You can create a WordPress personal blog that uses the default MySQL engine – MyISAM, and a Magento-based shopping portal that uses the InnoDB engine, for instance.
InnoDB in Dedicated Servers
All dedicated servers that are ordered with our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel include a software bundle that is pre-activated and among everything else, you’ll get the InnoDB database engine, so you will not have to activate it manually in case you need to activate open-source scripts that need it. All it takes to use such a script is to create a new MySQL database and to start the installation – as soon as the script installation wizard accesses the database and starts dumping data in it, InnoDB will be set as the default engine for this database provided that it is the one required by the script. You will also be able to activate scripts that need the other widely used MySQL engine, MyISAM, so you will not have to configure any settings on the dedicated server. This will permit you to run various scripts on a single server and to use the latter to its fullest capabilities.