InnoDB is a MySQL storage engine, which has been gaining popularity in recent years, because it provides a better overall performance and a faster database failure recovery in comparison to the default engine that’s used by MySQL – MyISAM. InnoDB is endorsed by many programmers that create highly scalable software apps, due to the fact that it works much more efficiently with enormous data volumes, while it keeps the server load at a minimum. Additionally, it uses row-level locking in case anything should be edited, while many other engines lock the entire table and thus need more time to complete several successive tasks. Last, but not least, InnoDB follows a set of "all-or-nothing" rules – if the modification of the entire data cannot be completed for whatever reason, the operation is rolled back to prevent scrambling or the loss of data. Magento and the newest Joomla™ versions are two instances of famous open-source script-driven web apps that have moved to InnoDB.

InnoDB in Shared Website Hosting

While InnoDB is either a paid upgrade or it is not available at all with other web hosting providers, it’s an essential part of the default set of services that we’re offering with our shared website hosting packages. In case you wish to use a PHP-based web application that requires InnoDB in particular, in order to be activated and to function correctly, you will not have any difficulties since the database engine is available on our in-house developed cloud Internet hosting platform. Irrespective of whether you create a brand-new database and install an application manually or take advantage of our single-click application installer software instrument, InnoDB will be selected automatically by our platform as the default engine if the specific app requires it instead of MyISAM. Besides the remarkable database failure recovery that InnoDB offers, we also carry out regular database backups, so we can swiftly restore any MySQL database in your shared account.

InnoDB in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can make use of a script-driven web application that needs InnoDB with all of our semi-dedicated server plans, since all the accounts are set up on our advanced cloud platform where the storage engine is installed. A new database can be set up in two separate ways – manually through the Database Manager section of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, or automatically – when you take advantage of our single-click app installer tool. In either case, the required engine will be chosen automatically the moment the application’s installation starts, so you will not need to update anything manually, irrespective of whether the app needs InnoDB or the more regularly used MyISAM. Also, we’ll always be able to recover any of your databases in case you erase one by mistake, as we make a few backups every day, each of which is stored for one whole week.

InnoDB in VPS Servers

If you buy a VPS server from us, you’ll be able to use our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel to manage your content. A Hepsia-equipped VPS will allow you to use any script-driven web app that needs InnoDB, as the database engine is included in the default software package that will be pre-installed on your Virtual Private Server during its creation. When you create a brand new MySQL database using the Control Panel, you simply need to begin installing an application – manually or using our application installer tool. InnoDB will be set as the default engine given that the application in question needs it, so you will not have to do anything else in your account. Likewise, if a certain app requires MyISAM, it will be automatically set as the default engine for this concrete database.

InnoDB in Dedicated Servers

InnoDB is included as standard with all dedicated servers ordered with the Hepsia Control Panel. It’s an integral part of the standard software bundle that we install on all Hepsia-equipped servers, so as soon as your physical machine is ready, you will be able to log in and to activate any kind of script-powered web app that requires this particular MySQL storage engine. If you set up a new database through the hosting Control Panel, there won’t be any active engine until you start installing an app. As soon as the app installation wizard begins dumping information in the newly created database, the engine will be set automatically on the basis of the requirements of the given app, so you can use both InnoDB and MyISAM without selecting either one of them specifically at any point. Therefore, you can use a vast variety of apps for your Internet sites.