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# inactive_parts_* MergeTree table settings

> ClickHouse MergeTree table settings in the inactive_parts_* generated group.

export const SettingsInfoBlock = ({type, default_value, changeable_without_restart}) => {
  return <div className="not-prose" style={{
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    alignItems: "baseline",
    columnGap: "0.5rem",
    rowGap: "0.125rem",
    margin: "0.375rem 0",
    fontSize: "0.8125rem",
    lineHeight: "1.125rem"
  }}>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72
  }}>Type</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{type}</div>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>Default</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{default_value}</div>
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>
          Changeable without restart
        </div>}
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>
          {changeable_without_restart}
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

These settings are available in [system.merge\_tree\_settings](/docs/reference/system-tables/merge_tree_settings) and are autogenerated from ClickHouse source.

<h2 id="inactive_parts_to_delay_insert">
  inactive\_parts\_to\_delay\_insert
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="UInt64" default_value="0" />

If the number of inactive parts in a single partition in the table exceeds
the `inactive_parts_to_delay_insert` value, an `INSERT` is artificially
slowed down.

<Tip>
  It is useful when a server fails to clean up parts quickly enough.
</Tip>

Possible values:

* Any positive integer.

<h2 id="inactive_parts_to_throw_insert">
  inactive\_parts\_to\_throw\_insert
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="UInt64" default_value="0" />

If the number of inactive parts in a single partition more than the
`inactive_parts_to_throw_insert` value, `INSERT` is interrupted with the
following error:

> "Too many inactive parts (N). Parts cleaning are processing significantly
> slower than inserts" exception."

Possible values:

* Any positive integer.