I am looking at switching from MySQL to MariaDB and have been comparing the performance of the two. I am using the same databases on the same Windows machine and running queries using MySQL and MariaDB and I am finding that MariaDB is 6 times slower. A query that takes 5 seconds on MySQL is taking 28 seconds on MariaDB. I am hoping I have some configuration wrong, so I looking for some help to work out what needs changing. One of the problem queries is a join between two tables. Analyzing the query gives.. ANALYZE FORMAT=JSON SELECT r.rushid FROM rushes r LEFT JOIN browse b ON r.rushID = b.rushID WHERE b.rushID IS NULL AND r.updated < NOW() - INTERVAL 1 DAY; +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ANALYZE | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | { "query_block": { "select_id": 1, "r_loops": 1, "r_total_time_ms": 107974, "table": { "table_name": "r", "access_type": "ALL", "r_loops": 1, "rows": 784286, "r_rows": 784286, "r_total_time_ms": 245.5, "filtered": 100, "r_filtered": 100, "attached_condition": "r.updated < '2020-05-31 16:35:59'" }, "table": { "table_name": "b", "access_type": "ref", "possible_keys": ["rushid_start", "rushid"], "key": "rushid", "key_length": "96", "used_key_parts": ["rushID"], "ref": ["quentin_v3afp.r.rushID"], "r_loops": 784286, "rows": 10, "r_rows": 1, "r_total_time_ms": 106252, "filtered": 100, "r_filtered": 100, "attached_condition": "trigcond(b.rushID is null)", "using_index": true, "not_exists": true } } } | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (1 min 48.244 sec) The table has been converted to the Aria engine from MyISAM. The my.ini file has had the following added/changed.. #Not using MyISAM so save memory key_buffer_size=64k #Setting to improve Aria performance aria_pagecache_buffer_size=4007M tmp_table_size=35M max_heap_table_size=35M Thanks for any help. Andy Ling ********************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: Privileged and/or Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee of this message, you may not copy, use or deliver this message to anyone. In such event, you should destroy the message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. It is understood that opinions or conclusions that do not relate to the official business of the company are neither given nor endorsed by the company. Thank You.