What are the advantages of MyISAM over InnoDB?

What is better MyISAM or InnoDB?

The performance of InnoDB for large volumes of data is better as compared to MyISAM. MyISAM doesn't support transactional properties and is faster to read. As compared to InnoDB, the performance for a high volume of data is less.

Why MyISAM give the best performance?

MyISAM is designed with the idea that your database is queried far more than its updated and as a result it performs very fast read operations. If your read to write(insert|update) ratio is less than 15% its better to use MyISAM.

Is InnoDB faster than MyISAM?

In terms of data queries (SELECT), InnoDB is the clear winner, but when it comes to database writes (INSERT and UPDATE), MyISAM is somewhat faster. However, the lower speed of InnoDB is more than compensated for by its transaction protocol.

Which is the best engine for performance in MySQL?

General purpose MySql/MariaDB Engines XtraDB is the best choice in the majority of cases. It is a performance-enhanced fork of InnoDB and is MariaDB's default engine until MariaDB 10.1. InnoDB is a good general transaction storage engine.