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# min_bytes_* session settings

> ClickHouse session settings in the min_bytes_* 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="min_bytes_to_use_direct_io">
  min\_bytes\_to\_use\_direct\_io
</h2>

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

The minimum data volume required for using direct I/O access to the storage disk.

ClickHouse uses this setting when reading data from tables. If the total storage volume of all the data to be read exceeds `min_bytes_to_use_direct_io` bytes, then ClickHouse reads the data from the storage disk with the `O_DIRECT` option.

Possible values:

* 0 — Direct I/O is disabled.
* Positive integer.

<h2 id="min_bytes_to_use_mmap_io">
  min\_bytes\_to\_use\_mmap\_io
</h2>

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

This is an experimental setting. Sets the minimum amount of memory for reading large files without copying data from the kernel to userspace. Recommended threshold is about 64 MB, because [mmap/munmap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mmap) is slow. It makes sense only for large files and helps only if data reside in the page cache.

Possible values:

* Positive integer.
* 0 — Big files read with only copying data from kernel to userspace.