title: Reducing memory consumption of mysql on ubuntu@aws micro instance
body: <p>I have recently started on a PoC project wherein we are developing a small web app. The initial setup is done on a micro instance from AWS. We are on rails+mysql stack.</p>
  
  <p>After installing/running MySQL, I see that about 500+ MB RAM has been consumed already; leaving quite less for rest of the systems (micro instances have barely 620 MB RAM).</p>
  
  <p>Our app is fairly simple at this stage. Can I do something to reduce the memory consumed by MySQL server?</p>
  
  <p>Appreciate the help.</p>