hello, what is the best configuration and startup arguments for 512MB memory machine running many many connections for a bulletin board is the following ok? safe_mysqld -O key_buffer=64M -O table_cache=256 -O sort_buffer=4M -O record_buffer=1M how do I understand what is meant by this?? Regards Issam --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php