DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test; CREATE TABLE test (s String) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY s SETTINGS index_granularity = 1; INSERT INTO test SELECT randomString(1000) FROM numbers(100000); SELECT round(primary_key_bytes_in_memory, -7), round(primary_key_bytes_in_memory_allocated, -7) FROM system.parts WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 'test'; DETACH TABLE test; SET max_memory_usage = '50M'; ATTACH TABLE test; SELECT primary_key_bytes_in_memory, primary_key_bytes_in_memory_allocated FROM system.parts WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 'test'; SET max_memory_usage = '200M'; SELECT s != '' FROM test LIMIT 1; SELECT round(primary_key_bytes_in_memory, -7), round(primary_key_bytes_in_memory_allocated, -7) FROM system.parts WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 'test'; DROP TABLE test;