WOW Lifetalk! Thanks for all the information! I need to leave it alone for now though until MySQL has been running for 24 hours and I will make the changes then. Sp32 said to use vi to edit stuff but how do you actually edit stuff? I have never done this before so I could do with knowing how to make a backup too before going further.

Thanks!

JGM.
JGM Reviewed by JGM on . Optimize MySQL - MySQLTuner Hiya guys, if any of you own a dedicated server and want to reduce the MySQL load hopefully I can help. Before doing the following steps it is advised to have had the MySQL service running for at least 24 hours, preferred 48 hours + CentOS: Download MySQLTuner: wget http://mysqltuner.com/mysqltuner.plMake executable: chmod 755 mysqltuner.plRun MySQLTuner: Rating: 5