Clarity update (#6323)

* Clarity update

Even without `recorder:` in the config, the recorder is configured with the default settings. Updating the docs to reflect this.

This is something that others have commented on in confusion, and I got around to verifying today on my test (0.78) system.

* Update recorder.markdown
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DubhAd 2018-09-21 16:39:07 +01:00 committed by Franck Nijhof
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Home Assistant uses [SQLAlchemy](http://www.sqlalchemy.org/) as Object Relationa
The default database engine is [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/) which doesn't require any configuration. The database is stored in your Home Assistant configuration directory (`.homeassistant`) and called `home-assistant_v2.db`.
To set up the `recorder` component in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
To change the defaults for `recorder` component in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Call the service `recorder.purge` to start a purge task which deletes events and
| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `keep_days` | yes | The number of history days to keep in recorder database (defaults to the component `purge_keep_days` configuration)
| `repack` | yes | Rewrite the entire database, possibly saving some disk space (only supported for SQLite)
| `repack` | yes | Rewrite the entire database, possibly saving some disk space. Only supported for SQLite and requires at least as much disk space free as the database currently uses.
### {% linkable_title Restore State %}