# Rollups similar to what graphite does **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [March 4, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollups-similar-to-what-graphite-does/43564 "2016-03-04T23:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jerry\_Hoffmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@Jerry\_Hoffmeister](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerry_Hoffmeister)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollups-similar-to-what-graphite-does/43564/1 "2016-03-04T23:37:16Z")
This looks interesting: > **[A case for self monitoring systems](https://www.elastic.co/blog/a-case-for-self-monitoring-systems)** > > In today's cloud based networks, it is arguable that traditional monitoring methodologies have become impractical and insecure. The Elastic stack can be used in combination with Nagios plugins to create a complete monitoring solution with simplified... but I'm wondering if there's an easy solution for rolling up the historical data as the storage will get very large otherwise if one wants to look back more than a short period of time. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollups-similar-to-what-graphite-does/43564/2 "2016-03-04T23:55:50Z")
Not natively. We generally take the view that having the raw data lets you discover things you didn't think of later down the track, much easier than working with a representative summary. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rollups-similar-to-what-graphite-does/43564/3 "2017-07-05T21:54:56Z")