<p><span class="highlight">InnoDB</span> has had a history of being a unstable storage engine and <span class="highlight">InnoDB</span> tables are very prone to become corrupt and unrepairable. In fact, we have had instances in the past where customer's dedicated servers and shared machines lost quite a bit of transaction data with the <span class="highlight">InnoDB</span>. Due to the stability and reliability of the MyISAM engine, it is the storage engine of choice for us.</p>