Behind the scenes: How ClickHouse helps Vimeo power video analytics at scale

Vimeo, a digital video platform, has adopted ClickHouse as its primary database management system after struggling with slow query performance and frequent outages on its existing OLTP infrastructure built on Apache HBase and Apache Phoenix. After thorough evaluation, ClickHouse emerged as the frontrunner due to its reputation for handling large-scale data analytics with lightning-fast speed and efficiency. The implementation of ClickHouse has led to significant improvements in query performance, cost efficiency, and overall system reliability at Vimeo.