# I've operated petabyte-scale ClickHouse® clusters for 5 years

DevFeed: [I've operated petabyte-scale ClickHouse® clusters for 5 years](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/i-ve-operated-petabyte-scale-clickhouse-clusters-for-5-years-18752.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/what-i-learned-operating-clickhouse>)

Author: Javi Santana

Published: 2025-04-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>)

Tags: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [clusters](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clusters.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [the-data-base](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-data-base.md>)

## AI overview

A practitioner shares lessons from operating ClickHouse at scale, including wins, failures, and production experience.

## Source excerpt

What I learned operating ClickHouse at scale: the wins, the failures, and the lessons that only come from production experience.