| 1 | # Netdata storage number |
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| 3 | Although `netdata` does all its calculations using `long double`, it stores all values using |
| 4 | a **custom-made 32-bit number**. |
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| 6 | This custom-made number can store in 29 bits values from `-167772150000000.0` to `167772150000000.0` |
| 7 | with a precision of 0.00001 (yes, it's a floating point number, meaning that higher integer values |
| 8 | have less decimal precision) and 3 bits for flags. |
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| 10 | This provides an extremely optimized memory footprint with just 0.0001% max accuracy loss. |
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