Recommended MySQL Tuning for ABit Software It's advisable to optimize the MySQL configuration. Using MySQL workbench is recommended. Select Options File and search for option. General sql-mode Remove "ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY" from this setting InnoDB innodb_buffer_pool_size This setting can be up to 80% of the machines physical memory (1000 MB should be adequate) Innodb_file_per_table MySQL will use a separate .idb file for each table, rather than share the data in one file. Performance query_cache_size Recommended value 20M Networking max_allowed_packet Recommended value 1000M. This allows larger data blobs to be inserted into the database. max_connections Recommended value is 1000. Adjust this setting depending on site size.