Columnar

Store column-wise. Compression per column. Only read columns needed. IO-efficient for wide tables + narrow queries.

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MergeTree

Sort by primary key. Background merge. Similar to LSM. ReplicatedMergeTree for HA.

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Vectorized

Process batches of values in tight loops. SIMD. Modern CPU friendly. 10-100x faster than row-at-a-time.