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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ cache directory | `/var/cache/netdata` | The directory the memory database will
lib directory | `/var/lib/netdata` | Contains the alarm log and the netdata instance guid.
home directory | `/var/cache/netdata` | Contains the db files for the collected metrics
plugins directory | `"/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d" "/etc/netdata/custom-plugins.d"` | The directory plugin programs are kept. This setting supports multiple directories, space separated. If any directory path contains spaces, enclose it in single or double quotes.
-memory mode | `save` | When set to `save` netdata will save its round robin database on exit and load it on startup. When set to `map` the cache files will be updated in real time (check `man mmap` - do not set this on systems with heavy load or slow disks - the disks will continuously sync the in-memory database of netdata). When set to `ram` the round robin database will be temporary and it will be lost when netdata exits. `none` disables the database at this host. This also disables health monitoring (there cannot be health monitoring without a database). host access prefix | | This is used in docker environments where /proc, /sys, etc have to be accessed via another path. You may also have to set SYS_PTRACE capability on the docker for this work. Check [issue 43](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/43).
+memory mode | `save` | When set to `save` netdata will save its round robin database on exit and load it on startup. When set to `map` the cache files will be updated in real time (check `man mmap` - do not set this on systems with heavy load or slow disks - the disks will continuously sync the in-memory database of netdata). When set to `dbengine` it behaves similarly to `map` but with much better disk and memory efficiency, however, with higher overhead. When set to `ram` the round robin database will be temporary and it will be lost when netdata exits. `none` disables the database at this host. This also disables health monitoring (there cannot be health monitoring without a database). host access prefix | | This is used in docker environments where /proc, /sys, etc have to be accessed via another path. You may also have to set SYS_PTRACE capability on the docker for this work. Check [issue 43](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/43).
memory deduplication (ksm) | `yes` | When set to `yes`, netdata will offer its in-memory round robin database to kernel same page merging (KSM) for deduplication. For more information check [Memory Deduplication - Kernel Same Page Merging - KSM](../../database/#ksm)
TZ environment variable | `:/etc/localtime` | Where to find the timezone
timezone | auto-detected | The timezone retrieved from the environment variable