Metabase doesn't store your data. Learn how Metabase queries data in your database, uses metadata to make some magic happen, and gives you options to cache queries and persist models to speed things up.
Docs
🔷 Connect your database: https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/connecting
🔷 Syncs and scans: https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/databases/sync-scan
🔷 Configure application database: https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/installation-and-operation/configuring-application-database
🔷 Cache query results: https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/configuring-metabase/caching
🔷 Persist models: https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/data-modeling/model-persistence
00:00 Metabase doesn't store your data
00:47 Two ways to query your data in Metabase
02:42 Syncs and scans
03:27 Metabase application database
04:46 Caching
06:08 Model persistence