Comparison of speeds between MariaDB and MySQL on WP Local

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This could be a bug as we’ve been able to replicate and have a post/thread over here if you want to vote and follow:

Slow Performance using MariaDB on Windows

What issue or error are you experiencing? Slow loading pure WP pages, about 2-4 seconds TTFB. What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc Xdebug is off, changing PHP config from this topi didn’t help: Optimizing Local "Lightning" performance on Windows 10 [obraz] System Details Local Version: Version 8.3.2+6660 Operating System (OS) and OS version: Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Local Logs Attach your Local Logs here (Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s …

Local is painfully slow

What issue or error are you experiencing? Local is painfully slow on my Windows 10 installation, and it never used to be this bad. It’s so slow within the Wordpress admin that it’s completely unusable with it taking minutes to load an admin page or perform an action. It’s only the Wordpress site running via Local that is slow and nothing else. I have tried everything on the following page: Troubleshoot: Performance Issues - Local What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to in…

That said MariaDB usage in our app is very low, so we have had to prioritize our work elsewhere for now.

Some other users have had success using this:

Configuring MariaDB for Optimal Performance