Performance testing of analytical queries in PostgreSQL, ClickHouse and clickhousedb_fdw (PostgreSQL)

In this study, I wanted to see what performance improvements can be obtained using a ClickHouse data source rather than PostgreSQL. I know what performance benefits I get when using ClickHouse. Will these benefits persist if I access ClickHouse from PostgreSQL using an external data wrapper (FDW)?



The studied database environments are PostgreSQL v11, clickhousedb_fdw, and ClickHouse database. Ultimately, from PostgreSQL v11, we will run various SQL queries routed through our clickhousedb_fdw to the ClickHouse database. We will then see how the performance of FDW compares to the same queries executed in native PostgreSQL and native ClickHouse.



Clickhouse database



ClickHouse is an open source column-based database management system that can achieve performance 100-1000 times faster than traditional database approaches, capable of handling over a billion rows in less than a second.



Clickhousedb_fdw



clickhousedb_fdw - ClickHouse External Database Wrapper, or FDW, is an open source project from Percona. Here is a link to the project's GitHub repository .



In March, I wrote a blog that tells you more about our FDW .



As you will see, this provides FDW for ClickHouse, which allows SELECT from, and INSERT INTO, a ClickHouse database from PostgreSQL v11 server.



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Benchmark environment



  • Supermicro server:

    • Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2683 v3 @ 2.00GHz
    • 2 sockets / 28 cores / 56 threads
    • Memory: 256GB of RAM
    • Storage: Samsung SM863 1.9TB Enterprise SSD
    • Filesystem: ext4/xfs
  • OS: Linux smblade01 4.15.0-42-generic #45~16.04.1-Ubuntu
  • PostgreSQL: version 11


Benchmark tests



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Benchmark Queries



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Q# Query Contains Aggregates and Group By
Q1 SELECT DayOfWeek, count(*) AS c FROM ontime WHERE Year >= 2000 AND Year <= 2008 GROUP BY DayOfWeek ORDER BY c DESC;
Q2 SELECT DayOfWeek, count(*) AS c FROM ontime WHERE DepDelay>10 AND Year >= 2000 AND Year <= 2008 GROUP BY DayOfWeek ORDER BY c DESC;
Q3 SELECT Origin, count(*) AS c FROM ontime WHERE DepDelay>10 AND Year >= 2000 AND Year <= 2008 GROUP BY Origin ORDER BY c DESC LIMIT 10;
Q4 SELECT Carrier, count() FROM ontime WHERE DepDelay>10 AND Year = 2007 GROUP BY Carrier ORDER BY count() DESC;
Q5 SELECT a.Carrier, c, c2, c1000/c2 as c3 FROM ( SELECT Carrier, count() AS c FROM ontime WHERE DepDelay>10 AND Year=2007 GROUP BY Carrier ) a INNER JOIN ( SELECT Carrier,count(*) AS c2 FROM ontime WHERE Year=2007 GROUP BY Carrier)b on a.Carrier=b.Carrier ORDER BY c3 DESC;
Q6 SELECT a.Carrier, c, c2, c1000/c2 as c3 FROM ( SELECT Carrier, count() AS c FROM ontime WHERE DepDelay>10 AND Year >= 2000 AND Year <= 2008 GROUP BY Carrier) a INNER JOIN ( SELECT Carrier, count(*) AS c2 FROM ontime WHERE Year >= 2000 AND Year <= 2008 GROUP BY Carrier ) b on a.Carrier=b.Carrier ORDER BY c3 DESC;
Q7 SELECT Carrier, avg(DepDelay) * 1000 AS c3 FROM ontime WHERE Year >= 2000 AND Year <= 2008 GROUP BY Carrier;
Q8 SELECT Year, avg(DepDelay) FROM ontime GROUP BY Year;
Q9 select Year, count(*) as c1 from ontime group by Year;
Q10 SELECT avg(cnt) FROM (SELECT Year,Month,count(*) AS cnt FROM ontime WHERE DepDel15=1 GROUP BY Year,Month) a;
Q11 select avg(c1) from (select Year,Month,count(*) as c1 from ontime group by Year,Month) a;
Q12 SELECT OriginCityName, DestCityName, count(*) AS c FROM ontime GROUP BY OriginCityName, DestCityName ORDER BY c DESC LIMIT 10;
Q13 SELECT OriginCityName, count(*) AS c FROM ontime GROUP BY OriginCityName ORDER BY c DESC LIMIT 10;
Query Contains Joins
Q14 SELECT a.Year, c1/c2 FROM ( select Year, count()1000 as c1 from ontime WHERE DepDelay>10 GROUP BY Year) a INNER JOIN (select Year, count(*) as c2 from ontime GROUP BY Year ) b on a.Year=b.Year ORDER BY a.Year;
Q15 SELECT a.”Year”, c1/c2 FROM ( select “Year”, count()1000 as c1 FROM fontime WHERE “DepDelay”>10 GROUP BY “Year”) a INNER JOIN (select “Year”, count(*) as c2 FROM fontime GROUP BY “Year” ) b on a.”Year”=b.”Year”;


Table-1: Queries used in benchmark



Query executions



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Q# PostgreSQL PostgreSQL (Indexed) ClickHouse clickhousedb_fdw
Q1 27920 19634 23 57
Q2 35124 17301 50 80
Q3 34046 15618 67 115
Q4 31632 7667 25 37
Q5 47220 8976 27 60
Q6 58233 24368 55 153
Q7 30566 13256 52 91
Q8 38309 60511 112 179
Q9 20674 37979 31 81
Q10 34990 20102 56 148
Q11 30489 51658 37 155
Q12 39357 33742 186 1333
Q13 29912 30709 101 384
Q14 54126 39913 124 1364212
Q15 97258 30211 245 259


Table-1: Time taken to execute the queries used in benchmark





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Q15: Without ORDER BY Clause



bm=# EXPLAIN VERBOSE SELECT a."Year", c1/c2 
     FROM (SELECT "Year", count(*)*1000 AS c1 FROM fontime WHERE "DepDelay" > 10 GROUP BY "Year") a
     INNER JOIN(SELECT "Year", count(*) AS c2 FROM fontime GROUP BY "Year") b ON a."Year"=b."Year";


Q15: Query Without ORDER BY Clause



QUERY PLAN                                                      
Hash Join  (cost=2250.00..128516.06 rows=50000000 width=12)  
Output: fontime."Year", (((count(*) * 1000)) / b.c2)  
Inner Unique: true   Hash Cond: (fontime."Year" = b."Year")  
->  Foreign Scan  (cost=1.00..-1.00 rows=100000 width=12)        
Output: fontime."Year", ((count(*) * 1000))        
Relations: Aggregate on (fontime)        
Remote SQL: SELECT "Year", (count(*) * 1000) FROM "default".ontime WHERE (("DepDelay" > 10)) GROUP BY "Year"  
->  Hash  (cost=999.00..999.00 rows=100000 width=12)        
Output: b.c2, b."Year"        
->  Subquery Scan on b  (cost=1.00..999.00 rows=100000 width=12)              
Output: b.c2, b."Year"              
->  Foreign Scan  (cost=1.00..-1.00 rows=100000 width=12)                    
Output: fontime_1."Year", (count(*))                    
Relations: Aggregate on (fontime)                    
Remote SQL: SELECT "Year", count(*) FROM "default".ontime GROUP BY "Year"(16 rows)


Q14: Query With ORDER BY Clause



bm=# EXPLAIN VERBOSE SELECT a."Year", c1/c2 FROM(SELECT "Year", count(*)*1000 AS c1 FROM fontime WHERE "DepDelay" > 10 GROUP BY "Year") a 
     INNER JOIN(SELECT "Year", count(*) as c2 FROM fontime GROUP BY "Year") b  ON a."Year"= b."Year" 
     ORDER BY a."Year";


Q14: Query Plan with ORDER BY Clause



QUERY PLAN 
Merge Join  (cost=2.00..628498.02 rows=50000000 width=12)   
Output: fontime."Year", (((count(*) * 1000)) / (count(*)))   
Inner Unique: true   Merge Cond: (fontime."Year" = fontime_1."Year")   
->  GroupAggregate  (cost=1.00..499.01 rows=1 width=12)        
Output: fontime."Year", (count(*) * 1000)         
Group Key: fontime."Year"         
->  Foreign Scan on public.fontime  (cost=1.00..-1.00 rows=100000 width=4)               
Remote SQL: SELECT "Year" FROM "default".ontime WHERE (("DepDelay" > 10)) 
            ORDER BY "Year" ASC   
->  GroupAggregate  (cost=1.00..499.01 rows=1 width=12)         
Output: fontime_1."Year", count(*)         Group Key: fontime_1."Year"         
->  Foreign Scan on public.fontime fontime_1  (cost=1.00..-1.00 rows=100000 width=4) 
              
Remote SQL: SELECT "Year" FROM "default".ontime ORDER BY "Year" ASC(16 rows)




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