estimateCompressionRatio

CREATE TABLE compression_estimate_example
(
    `number` UInt64
)
ENGINE = MergeTree()
ORDER BY number
SETTINGS min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0;

INSERT INTO compression_estimate_example
SELECT number FROM system.numbers LIMIT 100_000;

SELECT estimateCompressionRatio(number) AS estimate FROM compression_estimate_example

┌──────────estimate─┐
│ 5.758875867430677 │
└───────────────────┘

SELECT estimateCompressionRatio('T64')(number) AS estimate FROM compression_estimate_example

┌──────────estimate─┐
│ 3.762758101688538 │
└───────────────────┘

SELECT estimateCompressionRatio('T64, ZSTD')(number) AS estimate FROM compression_estimate_example

┌───────────estimate─┐
│ 143.60078980434392 │
└────────────────────┘