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Request: Reduce RRD Retention to 6 Months for Observium 25.8.14182

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      We're using Observium 25.8.14182 to monitor our network, and we would like to configure it so that no performance data (RRD files) or related metrics are kept longer than 6 months.

      Currently, Observium appears to retain historical RRD data for several years by default. Before making any configuration changes, we'd like to confirm the officially supported way to limit data retention to 6 months — including any necessary settings in config.php or other files.

      Could you please confirm:

      1. The correct method to make Observium automatically discard data older than 6 months.
      1. Whether it's supported to modify $config['rrd']['rra'] to enforce this retention.
      1. If existing RRD files must be rebuilt for this change to take effect.

      We haven't made any changes yet — we just want to ensure we follow best practices without causing data loss or corruption.

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            landy Mike Stupalov
            Daro daro karim sharof
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