drop table if exists t; create table t (x UInt64, s String) engine = MergeTree order by x; INSERT INTO t SELECT number, if(number < (8129 * 1024), arrayStringConcat(arrayMap(x -> toString(x), range(number % 128)), ' '), '') FROM numbers_mt((8129 * 1024) * 3) settings max_insert_threads=8; -- optimize table t final; select count(), sum(length(s)) from t settings max_threads = 3, read_backoff_min_latency_ms = 1, read_backoff_max_throughput = 1000000000, read_backoff_min_interval_between_events_ms = 1, read_backoff_min_events = 1, read_backoff_min_concurrency = 1; select count(), sum(length(s)) from t settings max_threads = 3, read_backoff_min_latency_ms = 1, read_backoff_max_throughput = 1000000000, read_backoff_min_interval_between_events_ms = 1, read_backoff_min_events = 1, read_backoff_min_concurrency = 1; select count(), sum(length(s)) from t settings max_threads = 3, read_backoff_min_latency_ms = 1, read_backoff_max_throughput = 1000000000, read_backoff_min_interval_between_events_ms = 1, read_backoff_min_events = 1, read_backoff_min_concurrency = 1; drop table if exists t;