If you use a script-driven platform for your website, it stores its data inside a database and the larger the website gets, the more information it collects. As an example, if you start an Internet store, the size of the database that the e-commerce script employs shall increase as you add more goods. The same is valid for a forum script - the more users that register and the more responses they post, the larger the database. If your sites become popular or you would like to include more content, this can become a problem in case that your hosting account has limited database storage area. The exact effect of hitting the limit shall be depends on the script - the site can function correctly, but you may not be able to include any new information; the site could be shown with errors; or, in the worst scenario, your entire website might go offline.

MySQL Database Storage in Shared Web Hosting

Because of our custom cloud website hosting platform, we can offer unlimited space for the MySQL databases you create in your shared web hosting account. In contrast to many website hosting providers which run everything on one machine, we have an entire cluster which controls just the databases and nothing else. Because of this, not only is the functionality better, but the cluster capacity is also inexhaustible because we could add more web servers anytime if required. Thus your Internet sites can keep developing without limitations. You can easily import or export any database no matter its size via the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and the phpMyAdmin tool, that you can use to control your databases. If you'd like assistance, you could always take a look at our instructional videos or get hold of our tech support representatives who will help you with any database-related questions within the hour.

MySQL Database Storage in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer you use a custom cloud platform where the files, databases and email messages are handled by their own clusters of servers. In other words, if you use this type of plan, you will no longer need to worry about the size of your databases due to the fact that there is practically no restriction for the database space - we could keep adding as many HDDs or entire machines to the cluster as needed. Consequently, any MySQL-based website that you host inside the semi-dedicated account may grow without any limits. With the phpMyAdmin tool, which could be accessed from the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, you will be able to import or export your databases with a few mouse clicks no matter how large they are. In case you lack previous experience with such matters, you could always ask our technical support for help.