ClickHouse Performance Archives

ClickHouse Complete Guide to LowCardinality

ClickHouse Complete Guide to LowCardinality: When and How to Use It Introduction ClickHouse, the high-performance columnar database management system, offers a specialized data type called LowCardinality that serves as a powerful optimization tool for specific […]

Setting up Alerts in ClickHouse for Performance Troubleshooting

ChistaDATA Inc.

Setting Up Alerts: Detecting ClickHouse Performance Degradation Before It Impacts Users Proactive alerting is a critical operational practice that prevents incidents by identifying performance degradation before it affects end users 4. This comprehensive guide demonstrates […]

ClickHouse Storage Tiering Best Practices: Moving Data Between Hot and Cold Storage with TTL

ChistaDATA Inc.

ClickHouse Storage Tiering Best Practices: Moving Data Between Hot and Cold Storage with TTL Efficient data management is critical for modern analytical databases, especially when dealing with large volumes of time-series or event-driven data. ClickHouse, […]

ClickHouse Search: Case-sensitive Searches with UPPER & LOWER Functions

Boosting Materialized View Performance

ChistaDATA Inc.

Aggregation States: Boosting Materialized View Performance by 10x in ClickHouse ClickHouse has long been celebrated for its lightning-fast analytical query performance, especially when handling massive datasets in real time. One of the most powerful features […]

ClickHouse Performance: Estimated & Actual Row Counts in Execution Plans

PREWHERE vs WHERE in ClickHouse Queries

ChistaDATA Inc.

PREWHERE vs WHERE: When and How to Optimize Your ClickHouse Queries Introduction Query performance in ClickHouse often hinges on how efficiently you filter data. While most SQL users are familiar with the WHERE clause, ClickHouse […]

Tuning index_granularity for ClickHouse Performance

Understanding ClickHouse Wait Events

ChistaDATA Inc.

Understanding ClickHouse Wait Events: A Comprehensive Troubleshooting Guide Introduction Wait events in ClickHouse reveal where query execution slows down—whether from disk bottlenecks, lock contention, CPU saturation, or network latency. Mastering these signals empowers you to […]

Using EXPLAIN to Determine JOIN Order in ClickHouse Query Execution Plan

Reduce Query Memory Usage in ClickHouse

ChistaDATA Inc.

How to Reduce Query Memory Usage in ClickHouse: Troubleshooting Memory Limit Exceeded Errors Memory limit exceeded errors are among the most common challenges ClickHouse users face when running complex analytical queries. Whether you’re performing large […]

Troubleshooting Underutilized ClickHouse Index

Unlock Blistering Query Speed with ClickHouse LowCardinality

ChistaDATA Inc.

Unlock Blistering Query Speed with ClickHouse LowCardinality: A ChistaDATA Guide ClickHouse is famous for raw speed, but some of its most powerful tools remain under-documented. Among them, the LowCardinality data type is arguably the simplest […]

ClickHouse Query Optimization For E-commerce Analytics

Transforming Your Data in a Managed ClickHouse® Cluster with dbt

Shiv Iyer

Transforming Your Data in a Managed ClickHouse® Cluster with dbt: A Complete Guide Introduction In today’s data-driven landscape, organizations are constantly seeking efficient ways to transform raw data into actionable insights. The combination of ClickHouse®, […]

ClickHouse Projections: A Complete Guide to Query Optimization

Shiv Iyer

ClickHouse Projections: A Complete Guide to Query Optimization What Are ClickHouse Projections? ClickHouse projections are specialized inner tables that exist within a main table, designed to dramatically improve query performance by pre-computing and storing data […]