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# Data Source Profiles
This section will describe **Data Source Profiles** in Cacti.
The following values are for the disk usage per Data source for the respective
data profile
### 30 second polling
Daily 48kb
Weekly 43kb
Monthly 46kb
Yearly 140kb
### 1 minute polling
Daily 93kb / data source
Weekly 45kb / data source
Monthly 47kb /datasource
Yearly 140KB/data source
### 5 minute polling
Daily 19kb / data source
Weekly 22kb / data source
Monthly 25kb / data source
Yearly 26kb / data source
### Changing data profile averages
The Cacti GUI allows you to change the averages on a specific Data source
profile some setups require a higher resolution of data and you may want to
change the averaging to keep the most data this will come with a cost of storage
due to the bigger sized RRDfile
To do this follow these steps
#### Method 1 - New system without any hosts
1. Login to Cacti
2. Click on Presets >> Data Profiles
3. Select the profile you want to edit i.e 1 minute collection
4. Select the period which you want to edit i.e weekly
5. If you wish to change the average select the aggregate level for 1 minute
you will be able to go as low as 5 Minutes
6. You will need to edit the Rows amount to match the data retention you want
to set after this period the data will be averaged out to the monthly graph
7. Save config and generate graphs
#### Method 2 - Existing device(s) on system
This is a more data destructive route and it will depend on your situation. If
you have graphs already on cacti you will not be able to use Method 1. An option
if you do not care about the graphs is to either remove the graphs via the gui
or run the following script `/cli/php remove_graphs.php with the --all`
function.
This will REMOVE ALL THE GRAPHS and you can then follow the steps outlined in
Method 1 to change the profile how you like
### Data profile Rows Calculation
The rows calculation take in to account the following
Rows = Aggregate level * hours
Example
1 Minute aggregate level storing for 3 days ( 72 hours)
(Aggregate level)60 * 72 ( 72 hours) = 4,320
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