15 Useful MySQL/MariaDB Performance Tuning and Optimization Tips

In April 2009 the MySQL project was bought by Oracle. As a result a MySQL community fork called MariaDB was created. The main reason for creating the fork was to keep the project free under the General Public License. Today MySQL and MariaDB are one of the most (if not the most) frequently used RDBMS used for web applications such as WordPress, Joomla, Magento and others. This article will show you some basic, yet useful tips how to optimize the fine tune the performance of MySQL/MariaDB.