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OLAP

Short for Online Analytical Processing — optimised for the opposite of OLTP: scanning and aggregating huge numbers of rows at once, not fetching one record fast. Not a general-purpose replacement for an OLTP database; a different tool for a different shape of problem, only worth reaching for once something is actually doing analytics at volume.

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ClickHouseColumn-oriented database built for fast analytical queries over very large datasets, rather than transactional application state.Apache-2.0Permissive license. Like MIT, but each contributor grants users a patent licence covering their contribution, preventing later suits.Unlimited