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#34805 Force Storage Engine to Innodb instead of MyISAM on restore

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Latest post by on Friday, 09 April 2021 20:17 CDT

Tuesday, 09 March 2021 05:48 CST

autobahnstormers

Is there a way to force the database restore part of the process to create the database using Innodb as the storage engine instead of MyISAM?

Both our hosting provider and my localhost run MariaDB (I use XAMPP), but my localhost has Innodb as the default storage engine while our provider has MyISAM. As it is a shared server, it is unlikely that I will be able to get them to change their default.

This is causing me serious problems with Community Builder which requires Innodb once a table row gets beyond a certain size. The relevant tables themselves are Innodb (though others are myISAM).

I have done restores using Kickstart to my localhost from the live site several times without problems and it recreates the database to use Innodb as the storage engine by default.

I am out of my comfort zone here, as I have little knowledge of server management.

Thank you

Edited by autobahnstormers on 2021-03-09 05:48 CST

Tuesday, 09 March 2021 06:10 CST

nicholas

Akeeba Backup backs up the storage engine defined by the table. It does so for a good reason. Each database table storage engine has different features and performance characteristics, especially when large tables, full text indexing and other advanced features are concerned. Changing the table engine may have unintended and significant consequences to the operation of your site.

You should also note that the default engine being used is largely irrelevant. Joomla itself and its extensions define the database engine they would like to use for each table. For example, Joomla itself is using InnoDB for its database tables now, see https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/blob/staging/installation/sql/mysql/joomla.sql

As a result your host having disabled InnoDB makes them incompatible with Joomla 3.9 itself. It's not a matter of preference, it's a matter of compatibility.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 11:38 CST

autobahnstormers

Thank you for your prompt and comprehensive reply. The link to GitHub was particularly informative.

I don't think InnoDB as been disabled as otherwise our website wouldn't work at all - the majority of the tables are InnoDB and the myISAM ones are largely empty.

I have used the help you gave to expand my research, and now believe my problem lies with the set-up in MariaDB 10.3 or with a known problem with the same.

I greatly appreciate the help you gave me as it gave me other avenues to explore (and increased my understanding as well).

Thank you.

 

 

Tuesday, 09 March 2021 23:37 CST

nicholas

You're welcome!

PS: I have not experienced issues with InnoDB and MariaDB. However, I have only ever used MariaDB 10.5 on my Ubuntu Server secondary development server. I haven't used 10.3.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Friday, 09 April 2021 20:17 CDT

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