# Historian archive

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-archive/28150>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 10, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-archive/28150 "2019-09-10T19:01:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-archive/28150/1 "2019-09-10T19:01:25Z")

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Hello all,

Is it possible to automaticly backup the volume created by the historian? Let’s say:

- Database max space is 1 TB
- 1TB mean about 30 months of data.
- We can live with 30 months of live values
- Partitionning is configure by months
- We would like to archive the volume/months before automatic delete by the gateway for maybe future needs.

1- Is it possible to do it? How? (maybe storeproc in SQL Server?)  
2- If we ever have to look at the old data, will it be very complicated?

Thank you very much!