Think of it like monitoring data. You may collect one-second data on 500 counters per system over 1000 systems, but then you will do a weekly or monthly roll-u

Think of it like monitoring data. You may collect one-second data on 500 counters per system over 1000 systems, but then you will do a weekly or monthly roll-up where you dump some of the granularity to save space, and after a year you have aggregates that are basically daily trend lines. The more you collect smaller percentage you actually keep.