InnoDB is a popular database storage engine for the MySQL DBMS. It is an alternative to the default engine – MyISAM, and it has got numerous strengths which make it the engine of choice for lots of script-based applications, among them Joomla™ and Magento, which have shifted over to InnoDB for good. For example, adding huge data volumes will be much faster with InnoDB, as it locks only one row to accomplish a specific operation, not the entire table, which makes the engine ideal for scalable apps. InnoDB also supports foreign keys and transactions – these refer to the manner in which the data is handled. In simpler words, appending new or modifying existing data will either be entirely completed, or will be aborted and the procedure will be rolled back in case a given issue shows up during the process, which means that the content that remains in the database won’t be damaged.

InnoDB in Cloud Website Hosting

Any PHP script-powered software application that needs InnoDB will run flawlessly on our avant-garde cloud hosting platform and the database engine is offered with all our cloud website hosting plans. Each time you create a database manually or our app installer tool creates one automatically and an app installation is initiated, the engine that the database in question will make use of will be selected on the basis of the app’s prerequisites without the need to configure any setting in your hosting account. InnoDB will be picked automatically for any application that requires this particular engine and you will be able to take advantage of its full capacity. We will maintain regular content backups, so if you accidentally erase a database that you need or you overwrite some part of it, we will be able to restore your content the way it was only a few hours ago.