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# max_distributed_* session settings

> ClickHouse session settings in the max_distributed_* 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.settings](/docs/reference/system-tables/settings) and are autogenerated from [source](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/src/Core/Settings.cpp).

<h2 id="max_distributed_connections">
  max\_distributed\_connections
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="UInt64" default_value="1024" />

The maximum number of simultaneous connections with remote servers for distributed processing of a single query to a single Distributed table. We recommend setting a value no less than the number of servers in the cluster.

The following parameters are only used when creating Distributed tables (and when launching a server), so there is no reason to change them at runtime.

<h2 id="max_distributed_depth">
  max\_distributed\_depth
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="UInt64" default_value="5" />

Limits the maximum depth of recursive queries for [Distributed](/docs/reference/engines/table-engines/special/distributed) tables.

If the value is exceeded, the server throws an exception.

Possible values:

* Positive integer.
* 0 — Unlimited depth.