Translations:Administrators/Optimize performance/36/en

The easiest way to find out if there are any problems caused by e.g. buffers that are too small is the "Status" tab (or "Show MySQL runtime information" link in older versions) on the home screen of phpMyAdmin. It contains the different server variables that can be changed, their value and a description sometimes including hints what to do. The cool thing about this view is that phpMyAdmin highlights the values in red that may be a source of problems.