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The table engine (type of table) determines:

- How and where data is stored, where to write it to, and where to read it from.
- How and where data is stored, where to write it to, and from where to read it.
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I think original version was more correct

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Let the editor judge us :-)


The most universal and functional table engines for high-load tasks. The common property of these engines is quick data insertion with subsequent data processing in the background. The `*MergeTree` engines support data replication, partitioning and other features not supported in other engines.

Engines of the family:
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replicated versions are worth to be mentioned explicitly here

## Engine families

For most serious tasks, you should use engines from the `MergeTree` family.
- `*MergeTree`
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I'd make those ### subheaders instead of just list items (so they'll be part of ToC)

- [View](view.md)
- [Memory](memory.md)
- [Buffer](buffer.md)
- [ODBC](odbc.md)
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We should probably move ODBC/JDBC to "Integration engines" here and in toc_{en,ru,zh,fa}.yaml


**See Also**

- [Virtual columns](index.md#table_engines-virtual_columns)
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Let's also add a link to Kafka docs explaining it's terminology?

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We have this link in the description part of engine docs.

@BayoNet BayoNet merged commit e5d3278 into ClickHouse:master Aug 14, 2019
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