InnoDB is a very popular database engine for the MySQL relational database management system. It’s an alternative to the default engine – MyISAM, and it has numerous strong sides that have made it the preferred engine for many PHP script-driven web applications, including Magento and Joomla™, which have switched over to InnoDB for good. For example, importing immense amounts of data will be much faster with InnoDB, because it locks only a single row to accomplish a specific task, not the entire table, which makes the engine ideal for scalable applications. InnoDB also supports foreign keys and transactions – these refer to the way in which the information is handled. In simpler words, importing new or editing existing data will either be fully completed, or will be annulled and the operation will be rolled back if a given problem appears during the process, thus the content that remains in the database will not be damaged.

InnoDB in Shared Hosting

InnoDB is available with all our Linux shared hosting services by default, not as a paid upgrade or upon request, so you’ll be able to activate and manage any PHP script-powered app which requires the MySQL database engine without encountering any difficulty once you activate your account. InnoDB will be selected automatically as the default engine for a specific MySQL database during the app installation process, irrespective of whether you take advantage of our one-click installation tool or create the database and install the application manually, as long as the app requires it instead of the more famous MyISAM engine. We’ll create regular MySQL database backups, so you can rest assured that you’ll never lose any content if you delete a database by mistake or you overwrite some essential info – you will simply need to touch base with us and we will restore the database back to normal.

InnoDB in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You can run a PHP-powered web app that requires InnoDB with any of our semi-dedicated server plans, due to the fact that all the accounts are created on our leading-edge cloud hosting platform where the database storage engine is installed. A new MySQL database can be set up in two separate ways – manually through the Database Manager section of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, or automatically – if you take advantage of our single-click app installer. Either way, the needed engine will be picked automatically as soon as the application’s installation starts, so you won’t have to update anything manually, regardless of whether the app requires InnoDB or the more commonly used MyISAM. Furthermore, we’ll always be able to recover any of your databases in case you remove one by mistake, as we perform several backups every day, each of which is preserved for one week.

InnoDB in VPS Hosting

If you choose a virtual private server with our Hepsia hosting Control Panel, the InnoDB database engine will be an essential part of the standard software bundle that will be pre-installed on your Virtual Private Server before we hand it over to you. You will not have to set up anything manually and you will be able to install and run any script-driven software application that requires InnoDB once your Virtual Private Server is ready, which takes no more than one hour after the order procedure itself. Several engines are offered, so every time you set up a MySQL database via the Hepsia Control Panel, a particular engine will be selected when the app installation starts and our system will detect the engine that is required by the application in question. If you have to use MyISAM, for example, you will not have to do anything different from installing the preferred app, whether manually or using our app installer tool.

InnoDB in Dedicated Web Hosting

InnoDB is included as standard with all Linux dedicated web hosting that are ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. It is part of the standard software bundle that will be pre-installed on all Hepsia-equipped dedicated servers, so once your machine is ready, you will be able to sign in and to install any type of PHP script-driven software app that needs this MySQL database engine. If you create a new MySQL database via the hosting Control Panel, there won’t be any active engine until you begin installing an app. Once the app configuration wizard starts importing information into the database, the engine will be chosen automatically in accordance with the prerequisites of the respective app, so you can use both MyISAM and InnoDB without the need to select either of them explicitly at any point. Therefore, you can make use of an immense collection of applications for your sites.