InnoDB is a popular database engine for the MySQL relational database management system. It is an alternative to the default engine – MyISAM, and it has numerous strengths that make it the preferred engine for numerous PHP-based apps, among them Joomla™ and Magento, which have switched over to InnoDB for good. For instance, importing enormous amounts of data will be faster with InnoDB, because it locks only one row to carry out a particular operation, not the entire database 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 treated. Simply put, appending new or editing existing data will either be entirely completed, or will be canceled and the operation will be rolled back if a given problem shows up during the process, thus the content that remains in the database will not be damaged.
InnoDB in Shared Hosting
You will be able to run any PHP-driven web app that requires InnoDB if you have a shared hosting with us, as the database storage engine is present on our avant-garde cloud platform as standard. Throughout the app installation – manual or automatic, InnoDB will be selected as the default engine and the setup will proceed flawlessly if this engine is required. You can activate apps that require the MyISAM engine without encountering any impediment as well and, once again, the engine will be selected automatically, so you will not need to update anything manually at any point. On top of that, we’ll also create daily backups of all the databases that you’ve got in the account, so in case you erase or overwrite anything, we can easily restore it the way it was on any of the previous seven days.
InnoDB in VPS Hosting
If our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel is chosen during the signup process for a new Linux virtual private servers , InnoDB will be installed on the VPS server together with other necessary software, so you won’t have to do anything if you decide to make use of script-powered apps that need this MySQL database storage engine. MyISAM – the default MySQL engine, will be installed too. You can set up a brand-new MySQL database and begin installing the app manually or using our single-click installation tool. The system will detect the engine that the application in question requires and will assign it to the specific MySQL database, so the installation will proceed flawlessly and the app can enter its data into that database. In this way, you can activate apps with various requirements in regard to the MySQL engine without making any changes on your VPS server.
InnoDB in Dedicated Web Hosting
All Linux dedicated web hosting that are ordered with our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel include a software bundle that is pre-activated and among everything else, you’ll get the InnoDB storage engine, so you won’t need to add it manually if you’d like to run open-source scripts that need it. All it takes to activate such a script is to create a new MySQL database and to begin the installation process – as soon as the script installation wizard gains access to the database and starts importing data into it, InnoDB will be set as the default engine for this database on the condition that it is the one needed by the script. You will also be able to install scripts that require MyISAM, the other very popular MySQL engine, so you will not need to change any settings on the dedicated server. This will permit you to install various scripts on a single machine and to use it to its fullest capabilities.