What values would you give KEY_BUFFER=??? TABLE_CACHE=??? JOIN_BUFFER=??? RECORD_BUFFER=??? SORT_BUFFER=??? MAX_CONNECTIONS=300 TMP_TABLE_SIZE=??? Knowing you have 6GB RAM 6GB Swap and want to handle 300 connections and be very very fast (heck, I got 4 CPUs dedicated to this :/ :) ??? Need more info? Did I leave anything out? -Bill- :]