InnoDB is a MySQL storage engine, which has been gaining in popularity lately, as it provides a much better overall performance and an improved database crash recovery in comparison with the default engine that’s used by the MySQL RDBMS – MyISAM. InnoDB is preferred by lots of web developers that run scalable web applications, as it works much more efficiently with enormous volumes of data, while it keeps the server processing load at a minimum. What’s more, it locks only a single database row if any information should be edited, whereas lots of other engines lock the entire database table and therefore require more time to fulfill multiple successive tasks. Last, but not least, InnoDB adheres to the "all-or-nothing" rule – if the modification of the entire data cannot be completed successfully for whatever reason, the action is rolled back to prevent confusion or data loss. Magento and the latest Joomla™ editions are two instances of widely used script-driven web applications which have switched over to InnoDB.

InnoDB in Cloud Hosting

You will be able to install any script-powered web app that requires InnoDB in case you have a Linux cloud package with us, as the database engine is present on our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform by default. During the app activation – manual or automatic, InnoDB will be selected as the default engine and the setup process will continue flawlessly if this engine is required. You can install apps which require the MyISAM engine without having any difficulty as well and, once again, the engine will be pre-selected, so you won’t need to update any setting manually at any point. In addition, we will also make daily backups of all the MySQL databases that you’ve got in your shared hosting account, so in case you erase or overwrite something, we can quickly get it back to the way it was on any of the past seven days.

InnoDB in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you create a brand-new MySQL database through the hosting Control Panel offered with all our semi-dedicated server packages and you start installing a script-based app either manually or using our one-click application installer tool, the storage engine for the database will be selected automatically depending on the particular app’s prerequisites. As InnoDB is available on the cloud platform where your new semi-dedicated server account will be created, it will be set as the default engine for each application that requires it without the need for any manual intervention on your end at any point. To prevent any risk of losing information if you update an app or if you delete a database accidentally, we will generate a backup of all your MySQL databases each day, so if something goes wrong, we can restore your content.

InnoDB in VPS Hosting

If our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel is selected during the signup process for a new Linux VPS hosting packages , InnoDB will be activated on the Virtual Private Server along with other needed software, so you won’t have to do anything if you choose to use script-driven applications that require this MySQL storage engine. The default MySQL engine – MyISAM, will be activated as well. You can set up a new database and start the app installation procedure manually or using our one-click installer tool. The system will automatically recognize which engine the application in question requires and will set it for the specific database, so the installation process will proceed impeccably and the application can dump its content in that database. Therefore, you can use apps with various requirements about the MySQL engine without having to make any changes on your VPS.

InnoDB in Dedicated Web Hosting

If you obtain a new dedicated server, you will be able to pick one of the 3 hosting Control Panels that we are offering – cPanel and Hepsia. Each dedicated server ordered with Hepsia comes with InnoDB pre-installed, so you will not need to add this database storage engine manually in order to be able to manage PHP script-powered web apps that require it. InnoDB is used for scalable applications and since a dedicated server will offer you all the system resources that you require to manage very large sites, it’s pretty possible that you will use InnoDB. You will be able to make use of other engines as well, so in case a certain application needs MyISAM instead of InnoDB, you will not have any complication while using it. The engine that will be used will be recognized automatically the moment the app installation procedure commences, so you will not have to configure any setting manually whatsoever.