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You can also use [LVE-stats 2 CLI](/cloudlinuxos/command-line_tools/#lve-stats-2)
:::
+### LVE-stats 3 (optimized backend)
+
+Starting with lve-stats 5.0.0, every server gets an optimized
+implementation — lve-stats3 — installed alongside the original
+lve-stats. Both implementations share the same configuration,
+database, file layout, command-line tools, and output formats; they differ only in how the work
+is performed under the hood.
+
+Once lve-stats3 is installed, it becomes the active backend by default.
+The usual commands and the `lvestats` systemd service transparently
+use the new backend — all existing functionality and integrations continue to work unchanged,
+no configuration changes required.
+
+#### What's new
+
+lve-stats3 is an optimized implementation of
+lve-stats with a noticeably smaller memory and disk footprint
+and faster startup.
+
+#### Switching between backends
+
+Both implementations are managed via the Linux `alternatives`
+system under the alternative group name `lvestats`. The master
+link is `/usr/sbin/lvestats-server`; all other binaries
+(`lveinfo`, `lvechart`,
+`dbgovchart`, `cloudlinux-top`,
+`lve-create-db`,
+`lve-read-snapshot`,
+`cloudlinux-statsnotifier`,
+`cloudlinux-statistics`,
+`lve-bursting-info`,
+`lve-bursting-cleanup`,
+`lvestats-burstwatcher`) follow the master selection
+automatically.
+
+##### Check the active backend
+
+
+
+```
+# CloudLinux OS / RHEL-family
+alternatives --display lvestats
+
+# Ubuntu
+update-alternatives --display lvestats
+```
+
+
+
+The line `link currently points to ...` shows which backend is
+active: a path ending in `.rust` means the new optimized
+backend, `.python` means the original backend.
+
+##### Switch to the original backend (Python)
+
+
+
+```
+# CloudLinux OS / RHEL-family
+alternatives --set lvestats /usr/sbin/lvestats-server.python
+
+# Ubuntu
+update-alternatives --set lvestats /usr/sbin/lvestats-server.python
+
+systemctl restart lvestats
+```
+
+
+
+##### Switch to the new optimized backend
+
+
+
+```
+# CloudLinux OS / RHEL-family
+alternatives --set lvestats /usr/sbin/lvestats-server.rust
+
+# Ubuntu
+update-alternatives --set lvestats /usr/sbin/lvestats-server.rust
+
+systemctl restart lvestats
+```
+
+
+
+##### Restore the default selection
+
+To return to automatic priority-based selection (which prefers the new optimized backend):
+
+
+
+```
+# CloudLinux OS / RHEL-family
+alternatives --auto lvestats
+
+# Ubuntu
+update-alternatives --auto lvestats
+
+systemctl restart lvestats
+```
+
+
+
+:::tip Note
+Switching the backend does not modify configuration or data. The collected statistics database,
+plugin configs, and snapshot files are shared between both backends, so historical data remains
+accessible regardless of which one is currently active.
+:::
+
### Configuration
The main configuration file `/etc/sysconfig/lvestats2` contains the following options: