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Deep Dive into the FREEZE Command in ClickHouse

How to use FREEZE command for ClickHouse Backup

Introduction ClickHouse has several backup solutions to restore the disk, database, table, and partition levels. You can access other detailed backup and restore solution documentation here and export/import documentation here. Today, we would like to […]

Sharding in ClickHouse: Part 1

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Introduction Sharding is splitting a large table horizontally (row-wise) and storing it in multiple servers. Clickhouse uses distributed table engine for processing the sharded tables. Shards can be internally replicated or non-replicated in ClickHouse. Sharding […]

ClickHouse on Kubernetes: Running ClickHouse Cluster on Amazon EKS

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Introduction Kubernetes orchestration simplifies many common operational concerns like scheduling, auto-scaling, and failover. Usually, databases that support replication, sharding, and auto-scaling are well-suited for Kubernetes. ClickHouse and Kubernetes can perform better together. At ChistaDATA, we […]

MySQL to ClickHouse Replication with Sink Connector

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Introduction Transactional Databases systems run thousands of transactions per second. ClickHouse, on the other hand, as an analytical database, is the right choice for performing these operations with its features such as columnar storage and […]

ClickHouse Release Notes October 2022 Version 22.10

ClickHouse October 2022 Release – v22.10

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Introduction Every new release includes new features, enhancements, and numerous bug fixes, and the ChistaDATA team always stays on top of the latest releases. On October 25, 2022, ClickHouse version 22.10 (October 2022) was released, […]

Data Replication in ClickHouse (Docker Based Setup)

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Image Source – Pexels Data replication is the process of storing multiple copies of data to ensure system reliability and improve data availability. ClickHouse supports multi-primary replication, and it is asynchronous (eventually consistent). Every MergeTree table […]

Tracing ClickHouse with OpenTelemetry

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Introduction “I am aware that people are disappointed with the performance. But all of our measurements are in the green, so the problem must be somewhere else.” Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to […]

Speed up your ClickHouse as time-series database

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What do sensors in self-driving vehicles, social media activities, and autonomous stock/crypto trading algorithms have in common? These applications are based on data that measures how things change over time. It’s called time-series data, and […]

Data Backup and Restore in ClickHouse

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Photo by Lenharth Systems on StockSnap Introduction Backup is a way to protect and restore databases. It is a safeguard against unexpected data loss and application errors. Replication protects the databases from hardware or connection […]

Exporting ClickHouse Metrics to Prometheus

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Introduction ClickHouse provides a way to expose metrics for scraping it from Prometheus. There are two steps involved in exposing ClickHouse metrics to Prometheus: Configure ClickHouse to publish the metrics http endpoint. Configure Prometheus to […]