# OpenTSDB for historian database?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opentsdb-for-historian-database/7871>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 18, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opentsdb-for-historian-database/7871 "2014-01-18T18:16:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opentsdb-for-historian-database/7871/1 "2014-01-18T18:16:59Z")

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OpenTSDB for historian database could be a way to store large amount of historian data ?  
[http://opentsdb.net/overview.html](http://opentsdb.net/overview.html)

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**Author:** ![huyao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/aeb1de/32.png) [@huyao](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/huyao)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opentsdb-for-historian-database/7871/2 "2019-03-12T07:28:09Z")

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Hi mazeyrat,

> [@OpenTSDB for historian database?](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opentsdb-for-historian-database/7871):
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> OpenTSDB for historian database could be a way to store large amount of historian data ? [http://opentsdb.net/overview.html](http://opentsdb.net/overview.html)

Just find your thread.  
I have the same question on how to switch the default historian to OpenTSDB ?  
Any ideas will be much appreciated.