[mysqld] socket=/path/to/mysql.sock datadir=/var/lib/mysql skip-locking skip-innodb # MySQL 4.x has query caching available. # Enable it for vast improvement and it may be all you need to tweak. query_cache_type=1 query_cache_limit=1M query_cache_size=32M # max_connections=500 # Reduced to 200 as memory will not be enough for 500 connections. # memory=key_buffer+(sort_buffer_size+read_buffer_size)*max_connections # which is now: 64 + (1 + […]