Worth disabling unused entities?

[PX80]

Good afternoon,

i wonder if it make sense to disable unused entities for any device

• to reduce logging overhead / database entries
• safe battery life ( eg. Z-Wave, Zigbee Devices )
• keep the list clean. Also see: Device based sorting, disabling of Entities

Cheers
PX80

[Burningstone]

@PX80

to reduce logging overhead / database entries

If the entity is not included in the recorder settings, it will not be logged to the database. If you include everything (default), I strongly advise to change it and only record data of entities you are interested in.

@PX80

safe battery life ( eg. Z-Wave, Zigbee Devices )

Disabling an entity won’t save any battery life, the zigbee/z-wave device will still send the info but you just won’t see it.

@PX80

keep the list clean.

You can do this, I don’t see any reason apart from calming one’s OCD.

[PX80]

thx for your reply. how can i avoid that all entities are being logged? Or better, how can i filter which one i want t get recorded?

[Burningstone]

See the recorder documentation for more information

Recorder

[mclever]

This will improve your sd card life, way less writing

[PX80]

however, if i disable an entity it shouldnt perform any writes, correct?

[tteck (𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧)]

That’s correct