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@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Grafana supports the following databases:
 
 By default, Grafana installs with and uses SQLite, which is an embedded database stored in the Grafana installation location.
 
+> **Note:** SQLite works well if your environment is small, but is not recommended when your environment starts growing. For more information about the limitations of SQLite, refer to [Appropriate Uses For SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/whentouse.html). If you want high availability, you must use a MySQL or PostgreSQL database. For information about how to define the database configuration parameters inside the `grafana.ini` file, refer to [[database]](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/#database).
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 Grafana will support the versions of these databases that are officially supported by the project at the time of a Grafana version's release. When a version becomes unsupported, Grafana may also drop support for that version. See the links above for the support policies for each project.
 
 > **Note:** PostgreSQL versions 10.9, 11.4, and 12-beta2 are affected by a bug (tracked by the PostgreSQL project as [bug #15865](https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/15865-17940eacc8f8b081%40postgresql.org)) which prevents those versions from being used with Grafana. The bug has been fixed in more recent versions of PostgreSQL.