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Many people think Netdata can only store about an hour's worth of real-time metrics, but that's simply not true any
more. With the right settings, Netdata is quite capable of efficiently storing hours or days worth of historical,
-per-second metrics without having to rely on an [exporting engine](/exporting/README.md).
+per-second metrics without having to rely on an [exporting engine](/docs/export/external-databases.md).
This guide gives two options for configuring Netdata to store more metrics. **We recommend the default [database
engine](#using-the-database-engine)**, but you can stick with or switch to the round-robin database if you prefer.
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ size` and `dbengine multihost disk space`.
compressed metrics. The default settings retain about two day's worth of metris on a system collecting 2,000 metrics
every second.
-[**See our database engine calculator**](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/database/calculator) to help you
-correctly set `dbengine multihost disk space` based on your needs. The calculator gives an accurate estimate based on
-how many child nodes you have, how many metrics your Agent collects, and more.
+[**See our database engine
+calculator**](/docs/store/change-metrics-storage.md#calculate-the-system-resources-RAM-disk-space-needed-to-store-metrics)
+to help you correctly set `dbengine multihost disk space` based on your needs. The calculator gives an accurate estimate
+based on how many child nodes you have, how many metrics your Agent collects, and more.
With the database engine active, you can back up your `/var/cache/netdata/dbengine/` folder to another location for
redundancy.