Optimizing MySQL (Linux with DirectAdmin)

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I've tried it 4 months ago, and at that time it seemed to reduce the load tremendously.

This was intended for use with Linux VPS/Dedicated servers, with DirectAdmin installed
Some options or path may not be correct for other servers.

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The MySQL config file should be located here:
/etc/my.cnf

Basically, replace the content of your my.cnf file and edit to your server's hardware config. I usually rename the original file, make a new file with my edits. Up to you.

Note:
I'm not expert in optimizing servers, so please give some feedback on it's effect on your server.
Post up if you think something should be changed.

 [mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
skip-locking
#skip-networking
safe-show-database
query_cache_limit=1M
query_cache_size=64M ## 32MB for every 1GB of RAM
query_cache_type=1
max_user_connections=200
max_connections=500
interactive_timeout=10
wait_timeout=20
connect_timeout=20
thread_cache_size=128
key_buffer=128M ## 64MB for every 1GB of RAM
join_buffer=1M
max_connect_errors=20
max_allowed_packet=16M
table_cache=1024
record_buffer=1M
sort_buffer_size=2M ## 1MB for every 1GB of RAM
read_buffer_size=2M ## 1MB for every 1GB of RAM
read_rnd_buffer_size=2M  ## 1MB for every 1GB of RAM
thread_concurrency=2 ## Number of CPUs x 2
myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M
server-id=1
log_slow_queries=/var/log/mysql-slow-queries.log
long_query_time=2
collation-server=latin1_general_ci
old-passwords

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.pid
open_files_limit=8192

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet=16M

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
#safe-updates

[isamchk]
key_buffer=32M
sort_buffer=32M
read_buffer=16M
write_buffer=16M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer=32M
sort_buffer=32M
read_buffer=16M
write_buffer=16M

[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout