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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-11-28 04:53:29 +0000
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## Change how long Netdata stores metrics
-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.
+By default, Netdata uses a custom database which uses both RAM and the disk to store metrics. Recent metrics are stored
+in the system's RAM to keep access fast, while historical metrics are "spilled" to disk to keep RAM usage low.
-The database engine allows you to store a much larger dataset than your system's available RAM.
+This custom database, which we call the _database engine_, allows you to store a much larger dataset than your system's
+available RAM.
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
@@ -229,4 +230,4 @@ Take a look at some more advanced features and configurations:
Or, learn more about how you can contribute to [Netdata core](../CONTRIBUTING.md) or our
[documentation](../docs/contributing/contributing-documentation.md)!
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