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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2019-10-26 08:29:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2019-10-26 08:29:53 +0000 |
| commit | d608b19e0d3b3f4d84fcfcdd72bb7e64c86b6f01 (patch) | |
| tree | 8c283d1c81d718e64d87d9a2d1132c89f3915939 /docs/getting-started.md | |
| parent | Releasing debian version 1.18.0-1. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 1.18.1.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md index ce355819..44e25738 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started.md +++ b/docs/getting-started.md @@ -159,14 +159,13 @@ Find the `SEND_EMAIL="YES"` line and change it to `SEND_EMAIL="NO"`. ## Change how long Netdata stores metrics -By default, Netdata stores 1 hour of historical metrics and uses about 25MB of RAM. +By default, Netdata uses a database engine uses RAM to store recent metrics. For long-term metrics storage, the database +engine uses a "spill to disk" feature that also takes advantage of available disk space and keeps RAM usage low. -If that's not enough for you, Netdata is quite adaptable to long-term storage of your system's metrics. +The database engine allows you to store a much larger dataset than your system's available RAM. -There are two quick ways to increase the depth of historical metrics: increase the `history` value for the round-robin -that's enabled by default, or switch to the database engine. - -We have a tutorial that walks you through both options: [**Changing how long Netdata stores +If you're not sure whether you're using the database engine, or want to tweak the default settings to store even more +historical metrics, check out our tutorial: [**Changing how long Netdata stores metrics**](../docs/tutorials/longer-metrics-storage.md). **What's next?**: |