# MyISAM or InnoDB for web site logs 99% write

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**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [June 27, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/myisam-or-innodb-for-web-site-logs-99-write/1441 "2010-06-27T19:55:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![vietcgi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/91b2a8/32.png) [@vietcgi](https://forums.percona.com/u/vietcgi)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/myisam-or-innodb-for-web-site-logs-99-write/1441/1 "2010-06-27T19:55:40Z")

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Please advise.

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**Author:** ![sterin71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sterin71](https://forums.percona.com/u/sterin71)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/myisam-or-innodb-for-web-site-logs-99-write/1441/2 "2010-07-01T15:38:07Z")

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I would go with MyISAM, it has some optimizations targeted for logging, the footprint on disk is smaller, it’s easier to move around and you avoid the overhead of transactions.