Wikis & Collaboration
Wiki Hosting Built for MediaWiki, DokuWiki, and Growing Knowledge Sites
Keep page revisions, search, and simultaneous edits fast as your wiki's article count and contributor base both keep expanding.
NVMe
SSD for revision history and search queries
Daily
Backups protecting your full edit history
24/7
Human support for database or file-based wikis
Free
Migration for existing MediaWiki or DokuWiki sites
In short
Wiki hosting needs to handle a very specific load pattern: MediaWiki and DokuWiki both store full revision history for every article, run search and category queries across a growing page count, and expect multiple contributors editing at once without lock conflicts or slow saves. Hosting Cheap runs MediaWiki's PHP and MySQL stack, or DokuWiki's flat-file structure, on pure NVMe SSD with LiteSpeed caching, backed by daily backups that protect a wiki's entire edit history.
MediaWiki, the software behind Wikipedia, is a PHP and MySQL application that stores every revision of every page rather than overwriting old versions, so its database grows continuously even when article count stays flat, because every edit adds a new row instead of replacing one. DokuWiki takes an entirely different approach, storing pages as flat text files rather than in a database, which trades some query flexibility for simpler backups and one less server component to maintain.
Both platforms hit different pressure points as a wiki grows: MediaWiki's revision, category, and link tables expand with every edit and need indexed database performance to keep search and "what links here" queries fast, while DokuWiki's flat-file model can slow down at very large page counts since it isn't backed by database indexing. Multiple simultaneous editors add another layer entirely, since both platforms' edit-conflict detection depends on the server responding quickly enough that two people saving at once don't collide or lose changes.
Why wiki hosting needs to handle database growth differently
Most content management systems overwrite a page when it's edited, but MediaWiki keeps every prior revision indefinitely by design, so a heavily edited article with hundreds of revisions carries all of that history in the database permanently, not just the current version. That means a wiki's database keeps growing even on days when no new articles are created, purely from ongoing edits to existing pages.
NVMe SSD storage speeds up exactly this pattern - the revision, page link, and category tables that MediaWiki queries on nearly every page view, whether it's rendering an article, generating a "recent changes" feed, or building a "what links here" report for editors tracking related content.
DokuWiki's flat-file model and where it needs help
DokuWiki skips the database server entirely, storing every page as a plain text file on disk, which makes backups genuinely simple - copy the data directory and you have the whole wiki - and removes an entire layer of server software to maintain and secure. That simplicity is a real advantage for smaller wikis and teams who don't want to manage a MySQL instance.
At larger page counts, though, DokuWiki's full-text search and page indexing lean directly on disk read speed since there's no database index doing that work instead, which is where NVMe SSD storage matters even for a platform that otherwise avoids database overhead altogether.
Concurrent editors, edit conflicts, and locking
A collaborative wiki with an active contributor base regularly has two or more editors working on the same page or closely linked pages at once, and both MediaWiki and DokuWiki depend on the server responding fast enough to detect and flag an edit conflict before one contributor's changes silently overwrite another's. A slow server widens the window where that kind of collision can happen unnoticed.
LiteSpeed caching helps here by serving read-heavy traffic - article views, search results, category browsing - from cache, freeing up server capacity for the write-heavy edit-and-save operations that need to happen in real time without contention from simultaneous readers.
Scaling a wiki's search, backups, and long-term archive
As a wiki grows past a few thousand articles, full-text search across the entire archive becomes noticeably more demanding, and MediaWiki's built-in search or a DokuWiki search plugin both need fast underlying storage to return results quickly rather than making contributors wait to find a related page before editing it.
Daily backups matter enormously for a wiki specifically because the content is collaboratively built by many contributors over years - a single corrupted database table or an accidentally deleted set of files could erase work from dozens of people at once, and free managed migration means an existing MediaWiki or DokuWiki install can move to faster hosting with its full revision history and file structure intact.
Database and file performance for collaborative knowledge sites
MediaWiki's revision-tracking database and DokuWiki's flat-file structure put different demands on hosting, but both need fast, reliable storage as page count and contributor activity grow. Pure NVMe SSD keeps MediaWiki's revision, search, and category queries fast, and speeds up DokuWiki's disk-based search just as directly.
LiteSpeed caching handles the read-heavy traffic side so write operations from active editors don't compete for server resources, while daily backups and free managed migration protect and move years of collaboratively built content.
- NVMe SSD for MediaWiki's revision history and search queries
- Fast disk performance for DokuWiki's flat-file search and indexing
- LiteSpeed caching to separate read traffic from active edit sessions
- Daily backups protecting years of multi-contributor content
Why Hosting Cheap
What you get
Fast revision queries
NVMe SSD speeds up MediaWiki's revision, category, and link-table queries on every page view.
DokuWiki search performance
Fast disk storage keeps DokuWiki's flat-file search responsive as page count grows.
Fewer edit conflicts
Quick server response narrows the window where simultaneous editors could collide unnoticed.
Cached read traffic
LiteSpeed caching serves article views and search results without slowing down active edits.
Full history protected
Daily backups guard years of collaboratively built revisions, pages, and files.
Migration without lost history
Free managed migration moves an existing wiki's database or files intact to new hosting.
How It Works
Get set up in a few steps
Pick the right hosting for your platform
Choose PHP and MySQL-ready hosting for MediaWiki, or file-based hosting for DokuWiki.
Migrate or install your wiki
Use free managed migration for an existing wiki, or install fresh with a 1-click installer.
Configure caching and backups
Set up LiteSpeed caching for read traffic and confirm daily backups are running.
Included
Everything you need, on every plan
- Confirm database performance is tuned for MediaWiki's growing revision tables
- Check disk speed if running DokuWiki's flat-file search at a large page count
- Enable daily backups before major edits, imports, or extension updates
- Verify free managed migration covers your full revision history or file structure
- Test how the server handles two editors saving the same page simultaneously
- Confirm search performance stays fast as your article count grows
- Check that SSL is active across every wiki page, including edit and login forms
- Confirm 24/7 support is available for platform-specific database issues
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does this hosting support MediaWiki, the software behind Wikipedia?
Yes, MediaWiki's PHP and MySQL requirements run well on hosting with NVMe SSD, which keeps its revision history and search queries fast even as article count grows into the thousands.
Can DokuWiki run without a database server?
Yes, DokuWiki stores pages as flat text files rather than in a database, which this hosting supports directly, with fast disk storage keeping its search and indexing responsive at scale.
Will my wiki slow down as more revisions accumulate?
NVMe SSD storage is built to keep revision, category, and link-table queries fast even as MediaWiki's database grows continuously from ongoing edits, not just new articles.
Can I migrate an existing wiki without losing revision history?
Yes, free managed migration moves your existing MediaWiki database or DokuWiki file structure to new hosting with the full history intact.
What protects years of contributor work if something goes wrong?
Daily backups protect the entire wiki, so a corrupted table, bad extension update, or accidental deletion can be restored rather than losing collaboratively built content.
Is there a risk-free way to try hosting for my wiki?
Yes, every plan includes a 30-day money-back guarantee, giving you time to confirm real-world database and search performance before fully committing your wiki to the move.
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