# Netdata metrics retention **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** agent, dbengine\ **Created:** [September 5, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-metrics-retention/3266 "2022-09-05T04:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jerometeano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jerometeano](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/jerometeano)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-metrics-retention/3266/1 "2022-09-05T04:23:47Z")
Hi, Is it possible to retain metrics data when metrics retention have not been set yet? The previous retention config have been set to default. Now, we cannot view our past data(from last week). Is there any way to view the data for the past week/month? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![jerometeano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jerometeano](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/jerometeano)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-metrics-retention/3266/2 "2022-09-06T03:49:21Z")
Hi, for configuration of data retention. Do we still follow this config? Do we need separate update iteration config for tier 0 and tier 1? I want to have a view of 1 month’s worth of metric monitoring. Need advise on this. Thanks. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/e/e80188e6e3fa786184aea8345f8e34ea8a957785.png) ---
**Author:** ![Tasos\_Katsoulas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/tasos_katsoulas/32/1344_2.png) [@Tasos\_Katsoulas](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Tasos_Katsoulas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-metrics-retention/3266/3 "2022-09-06T19:48:42Z")
Hello @jerometeano, I would love some more context. 1. What’s your Netdata deployment (netdata -W buildinfo)? 2. Is a Netdata deployment via Docker? 3. Did you recently updated and you can’t see the metrics you are looking for or it happened spontaneously? 4. For the node in question, what’s the workload ( I mean what’s the metrics collected on avg) In the screenshot below you can find this info for your case): ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/4/4395f1641e4acfecac336d7fdce380f2cb49007f.png) In a nutshell, you allocate space for Netdata to use and it depends on your system workload how it translates to retention in days. Relative topics to visit: 1. [Database engine | Learn Netdata](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/database/engine) explore the tiering mechanism 2. [Change how long Netdata stores metrics | Learn Netdata](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/store/change-metrics-storage) ---
**Author:** ![jerometeano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jerometeano](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/jerometeano)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-metrics-retention/3266/4 "2022-09-07T03:03:23Z")
Hi Tasos, I think Im getting the idea of it. But to answer your questions, here are the details youre asking. 1. Build info Version: netdata v1.36.1 Configure options: ‘–build=x86\_64-redhat-linux-gnu’ ‘–host=x86\_64-redhat-linu x-gnu’ ‘–program-prefix=’ ‘–exec-prefix=/usr’ ‘–bindir=/usr/bin’ ‘–sbindir=/ usr/sbin’ ‘–datadir=/usr/share’ ‘–includedir=/usr/include’ ‘–sharedstatedir=/ var/lib’ ‘–mandir=/usr/share/man’ ‘–infodir=/usr/share/info’ ‘–prefix=/usr’ ’ --sysconfdir=/etc’ ‘–localstatedir=/var’ ‘–libexecdir=/usr/libexec’ ‘–libdir= /usr/lib’ ‘–with-zlib’ ‘–with-math’ ‘–with-user=netdata’ ‘–disable-dependenc y-tracking’ ‘build\_alias=x86\_64-redhat-linux-gnu’ ‘host\_alias=x86\_64-redhat-linu x-gnu’ ‘CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D\_FORTIFY\_SOURCE= 2 -Wp,-D\_GLIBCXX\_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-s witches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redha t/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-cl ash-protection -fcf-protection’ ‘LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/li b/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld’ ‘CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-sec urity -Wp,-D\_FORTIFY\_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D\_GLIBCXX\_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-pro tector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-c c1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchron ous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection’ ‘PKG\_CONFIG\_PATH=:/u sr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig’ Install type: binpkg-rpm Binary architecture: x86\_64 Packaging distro: Features: dbengine: YES Native HTTPS: YES Netdata Cloud: YES ACLK Next Generation: YES ACLK-NG New Cloud Protocol: YES ACLK Legacy: NO TLS Host Verification: YES Machine Learning: YES Stream Compression: NO Libraries: protobuf: YES (system) jemalloc: NO JSON-C: YES libcap: NO libcrypto: YES libm: YES tcalloc: NO zlib: YES Plugins: apps: YES cgroup Network Tracking: YES CUPS: YES EBPF: YES IPMI: YES NFACCT: NO perf: YES slabinfo: YES Xen: NO Xen VBD Error Tracking: NO Exporters: AWS Kinesis: NO GCP PubSub: NO MongoDB: NO Prometheus Remote Write: YES 2. Deployment is in Linux machines. 3. I have updated the config this week after losing the datas from last week. I hope to retain the data for this month starting from Monday,(05/09/2022) or since I have configured the DB engine. 4. I cannot see the metrics summary since I am using Netdata cloud.