title: How to improve MySQL INSERT and UPDATE performance?
body: <p>Performance of INSERT and UPDATE statements in our database seems to be degrading and causing poor performance in our web app.</p>
  
  <p>Tables are InnoDB and the application uses transactions. Are there any easy tweaks that I can make to speed things up?</p>
  
  <p>I think we might be seeing some locking issues, how can I find out?</p>