# Zero-Copy Graph Analytics: Getting Started With LakeHouse Graph

DevFeed: [Zero-Copy Graph Analytics: Getting Started With LakeHouse Graph](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/zero-copy-graph-analytics-getting-started-with-lakehouse-graph-5666.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/zero-copy-graph-analytics>)

Author: Maruthi Lokanathan

Published: 2026-02-03T15:39:34Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [graph-database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graph-database.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [Graphs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphs.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [schema-evolution](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/schema-evolution.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [graph-database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graph-database.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [schema-evolution](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema-evolution.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains why copying analytical data into a separate graph database creates ETL, synchronization, schema-evolution, storage, and latency problems. It introduces zero-copy graph analytics, using PuppyGraph with ClickHouse to query relationships directly over existing tables through Cypher or Gremlin without moving the data.

## Source excerpt

Why copying data for graph analytics doesn't scale, and what you can do instead