If you use a script-driven platform for your site, it stores its data within a database and the more substantial the website becomes, the more data it collects. As an illustration, if you start an Internet store, the size of the database which the e-commerce script uses shall increase whenever you add more goods. Exactly the same is valid for a forum script - the more users which register and the more comments they publish, the bigger the database. If your websites gain popularity or you simply want to include more content, this might turn into a problem in case that your hosting account has limited database space for storage. The specific effect of reaching the limit will be depends on the script - the website could function properly, but you may not be able to add any new info; the website may be viewed with errors; or, in the most severe scenario, your whole website might go offline.

MySQL Database Storage in Web Hosting

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MySQL Database Storage in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Linux semi-dedicated packages that we offer you use a custom cloud platform where the files, databases and emails are handled by their own clusters of machines. Put simply, if you use this kind of plan, you will no longer have to worry about the size of your databases simply because there is practically no limitation for the database space - we can keep adding as many hard drives or entire web servers to the cluster as needed. Consequently, any MySQL-based website that you host in the semi-dedicated account can easily develop without any restrictions. Using the phpMyAdmin instrument, which could be accessed through the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you will be able to import or export your databases with a couple of mouse clicks no matter how massive they are. In case you don't have previous experience with such matters, you can ask our tech support for help.