If you use a script-driven platform for your website, it stores its data inside a database and the larger the Internet site becomes, the more data it gathers. As an illustration, if you launch an electronic store, the size of the database the e-commerce script uses shall increase as you add more items. The same is valid for a forum script - the more users that register and the more opinions they submit, the more substantial the database. If your sites become more popular or you would like to include more content, this may be a problem if your Internet hosting account has limited database storage space. What the exact effect of reaching the limit shall be depends on the script - the Internet site may perform properly, but you may not be able to include any new content; the site may be displayed with errors; or, in the worst scenario, the whole website might go offline.

MySQL Database Storage in Cloud Hosting

If you get a cloud plan through our company, we will never limit the development of any MySQL-driven site that you host inside the account as our plans come with unlimited database storage space. Although enormous databases can affect the functionality of an Internet site regardless of the type of web hosting, we do not have a limit both for the total space all of the databases could take and for the total size of one database. You could run an online store with as many products and services as you want or a forum without having to worry that you will have to remove old posts or limit the number of registered users that you could have. Our Hepsia Internet hosting CP will also enable you to import or export databases inside your account irrespective of their size. If you encounter any issues with the latter, our tech support team is available 24/7 to assist you.

MySQL Database Storage in Semi-dedicated Servers

The semi-dedicated servers which we offer use a custom cloud platform where the files, databases and email messages are managed by their own clusters of machines. Simply put, when you use such a plan, you’ll no longer have to worry about the size of your databases as there's essentially no limit for the database space - we may keep adding as many hard disks or entire web servers to the cluster as required. As a result, any MySQL-based web site that you host in the semi-dedicated account can easily evolve without any restrictions. With the phpMyAdmin instrument, which can be accessed through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, you shall be able to import or export your databases with a couple of mouse clicks regardless of how massive they are. If you do not have previous experience with such matters, you can ask our tech support for help.