InnoDB is a database engine for MySQL relational databases, which is used by widely used open-source script-based web applications like Magento and Joomla™ 3. It is excellent for scalable apps, since it performs exceptionally well when handling large volumes of data. Instead of locking the entire table to append new information to a database like many other engines do, InnoDB locks only one database row, so it can perform a lot more tasks for the same length of time. Furthermore, InnoDB offers a better database failure recovery and supports transactions and foreign key constraints – rules that specify how data inserts and updates should be handled. If a given task hasn’t been fully completed for whatever reason, the action will be rolled back. Thus, the information in the database will stay undamaged and will not be partially mixed with newly appended content.
InnoDB in Website Hosting
While InnoDB is either not offered or it is a paid upgrade with other web hosts, it’s included in the standard set of features that we are offering with our website hosting plans. In case you’d like to use a script-powered web app that requires InnoDB specifically, in order to be activated and to function properly, you will not experience any problems since the database storage engine is available on our custom-built cloud Internet hosting platform. Regardless of whether you set up a brand new MySQL database and install an app manually or make use of our one-click application installer software tool, InnoDB will be selected automatically by our platform as the default engine if the specific app requires InnoDB rather than MyISAM. Besides the outstanding crash recovery offered by InnoDB, we also keep daily backups of all databases, so that we can quickly recover any database in your shared hosting account.
InnoDB in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you create a brand-new MySQL database from the hosting Control Panel coming with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts and you start installing a PHP-driven software app either manually or using our single-click application installer, the database storage engine will be picked automatically depending on the prerequisites of the particular app. As InnoDB is present on the cloud website hosting platform where your new semi-dedicated hosting account will be created, it will be set as the default engine for any app that requires it without the need for any manual intervention on your end at any point. To avoid any risk of losing information if you update an app or if you delete a database unintentionally, we will carry out a backup of all your MySQL databases each day, so if something happens, we can restore your data.
InnoDB in VPS Servers
If you choose a VPS server with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel, the InnoDB database engine will be an integral part of the software package that will be pre-installed on your Virtual Private Server before we give it to you. You will not need to activate anything manually and you’ll be able to install and use any PHP-powered software app that requires InnoDB when your VPS is ready, which takes no more than 60 minutes after the order submission process itself. Several engines are available, so every time you create a database using the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, a specific engine will be activated when the app activation process begins and our system will automatically recognize the engine that is required by the app in question. If you need to use MyISAM, for example, you won’t need to do anything different than installing the preferred application, whether manually or using our application installer tool.
InnoDB in Dedicated Servers
InnoDB is available by default with all dedicated servers that are ordered with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel. It is part of the default software package that will be pre-installed on all Hepsia-managed servers, so once your physical machine is set up, you will be able to log in and to activate a various script-powered app that needs this particular storage engine. If you set up a new database through the hosting Control Panel, there won’t be any active engine till you begin installing an application. As soon as the app configuration wizard begins importing information into the database, the engine will be selected automatically depending on the specific app’s prerequisites, so you can run both MyISAM and InnoDB without selecting either one explicitly at any moment. In this way, you can make use of an extensive collection of apps for your sites.