Defragment your MySQL database

DatabaseOptimizeCommand.php

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException;

class DatabaseOptimizeCommand extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'db:optimize';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'Make sure the database is healthy.';

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        $connection = config('database.connections.'.config('database.default'));

        $process = new Process("mysqlcheck -h {$connection['host']} -o {$connection['database']} -u{$connection['username']} -p{$connection['password']}");
        $process->run();

        throw_unless($process->isSuccessful(), ProcessFailedException::class, $process);
    }
}