ClickHouse/docs/en/operations/caches.md

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65	Caches

Cache Types

When performing queries, ClichHouse uses different caches.

Main cache types:

• mark_cache — Cache of marks used by table engines of the MergeTree family.
• uncompressed_cache — Cache of uncompressed data used by table engines of the MergeTree family.

Additional cache types:

• DNS cache
• regexp cache
• compiled expressions cache
• Avro format schemas cache
• dictionaries data cache

Indirectly used:

• OS page cache

To drop cache, use SYSTEM DROP ... CACHE statements.

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