Tuning mysql server to boost performance – performance delivered

Edit MYSQL configurations:
cp /etc/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf-gad-orig
cat /etc/my.cnf.old > /etc/my.cnf
vim /etc/my.cnf

Add the following lines below under [mysqld]

old_passwords=1
skip-name-resolve
skip-host-cache
max_connections=500