mysqltuner is another decent 30000 foot view tool: http://mysqltuner.com/mysqltuner.pl http://mysqltuner.com/mysqltuner.pl I might try stackoverflow, describe

mysqltuner is another decent 30000 foot view tool: http://mysqltuner.com/mysqltuner.pl http://mysqltuner.com/mysqltuner.pl I might try stackoverflow, describe your queries, schema, indexes, and the whole stack: O/S, db server hardware, ORM, what web app is getting it (PHP, ASP, django, whatever)