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Update Netdata retention information for v2 (#137)
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DavidePrincipi authored Jan 9, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -40,15 +40,19 @@ The Netdata Agent configuration is derived from the stock Netdata official
Docker image. It has three tiers of storage with different metrics
resolution and retention policies: second, minute, hour.

.. csv-table:: Retention policy per storage tier
.. csv-table:: Configured retention limits per storage tier
:header: "Tier", "Resolution", "Retention period", "Disk retention"

"Tier 0", "1 second", "3 hours", "268 MB"
"Tier 1", "1 minute", "infinite", "268 MB"
"Tier 2", "1 hour", "infinite", "67 MB"
"Tier 0", "1 second", "14 days", "1 GB"
"Tier 1", "1 minute", "3 months", "1 GB"
"Tier 2", "1 hour", "2 years", "1 GB"

The stock configuration provides 3 hours of fine-grained metrics with one
second resolution. The minute-level tier should be sufficient to cover one day
of recordings, while the hour-level should cover a time range of weeks.
Actual retention may vary depending on system activity or the specific metrics
being collected.
The stock configuration provides up to 14 days of fine-grained metrics
with one-second resolution. The minute-level tier can cover up to 3 months
of recordings, while the hour-level tier can cover up to 2 years. Actual
retention may vary depending on system activity and the specific metrics
collected. The actual disk space used depends on the data's compression
efficiency.

Data is deleted once it reaches either the time limit or the disk space
limit, whichever comes first.

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