# Metricbeat | Does metricbeat store hardware utilization data?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-does-metricbeat-store-hardware-utilization-data/179100
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [April 30, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-does-metricbeat-store-hardware-utilization-data/179100 "2019-04-30T14:07:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Aftab\_Ali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aftab_Ali)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-does-metricbeat-store-hardware-utilization-data/179100/1 "2019-04-30T14:07:14Z")
Dear Team,
I want to know, Does metricbeart store hardware utilization data and after that, if elasticsearch come online , So then its sync again that stored data to elasticsearch?
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### Author:  [@martinr\_ubi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/martinr_ubi)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-does-metricbeat-store-hardware-utilization-data/179100/2 "2019-05-02T09:44:52Z")
Hi,
If I understand the question correctly the answer is: it can.
[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)
You have to be mindful of what will happen if the worst happen though, RAM/disk usage can become worst than loosing events if you configure that with no regards for the worst case failure mode. You can test that though... non-functional output config and you let it fill up... was the outcome acceptable? You see where I'm going I guess.
Martin
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-does-metricbeat-store-hardware-utilization-data/179100/3 "2019-05-30T09:44:57Z")
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