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temporary_files_* session settings

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Autogenerated from ClickHouse system tables

These settings are available in system.settings and are autogenerated from the ClickHouse snapshot.

temporary_files_buffer_size

TypeNonZeroUInt64Default1048576

Size of the buffer for temporary files writers. Larger buffer size means less system calls, but more memory consumption. A value above 1 GiB is reduced to 1 GiB.

temporary_files_codec

TypeStringDefaultLZ4

Sets compression codec for temporary files used in sorting and joining operations on disk.

Possible values:

  • LZ4 — LZ4 compression is applied.
  • NONE — No compression is applied.
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