diff --git a/service/files/my.cnf.j2 b/service/files/my.cnf.j2
index 90cb31a..17dad46 100644
--- a/service/files/my.cnf.j2
+++ b/service/files/my.cnf.j2
@@ -6,10 +6,24 @@ datadir=/var/lib/mysql/
 log-error=/var/log/ccp/mysql/mysql.log
 max_connections=10000
 
+character-set-server = utf8
+collation-server = utf8_general_ci
+
 log-bin=mariadb-bin
 binlog_format=ROW
 default-storage-engine=innodb
+
 innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2
+innodb_buffer_pool_size = 512M
+innodb_file_format = Barracuda
+innodb_file_per_table = 1
+innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 2
+innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECT
+innodb_io_capacity = 500
+innodb_read_io_threads = 8
+innodb_write_io_threads =8
+
+open_files_limit = 102400
 
 wsrep_on=OFF
 wsrep_provider="/usr/lib/galera/libgalera_smm.so"