# How to cache metric data?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-cache-metric-data/202895
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [October 9, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-cache-metric-data/202895 "2019-10-09T18:23:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@pixelrebel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pixelrebel)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-cache-metric-data/202895/1 "2019-10-09T18:23:52Z")
I ran a test and disconnected the network from a system with metricbeat running. When network came back, metricbeat never sent the data that was collected during the outage. There is a gap in my data. How do I enable local caching?
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### Author:  [@Alex\_Kristiansen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Kristiansen)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-cache-metric-data/202895/2 "2019-10-14T14:04:23Z")
@pixelrebel,
Metricbeat is set by default to drop events after 3 retries, this number can be changed: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html)
In addition, metricbeat has an internal memory queue and a file spool (currently in beta) that you can configure: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuring-internal-queue.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuring-internal-queue.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-cache-metric-data/202895/3 "2019-11-11T14:04:24Z")
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