diff --git a/atop.c b/atop.c
index de880549..ec7795f4 100644
--- a/atop.c
+++ b/atop.c
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ unsigned long	interval = 10;
 unsigned long 	sampcnt;
 char		screen;
 int		linelen  = 80;
+int		generations = 28; /* By default, keep recent 30 days' log */
+char		logpath[256] = "/var/log/atop"; /*support writing to other paths, to avoid system disk being fully occupied */
 char		acctreason;	/* accounting not active (return val) 	*/
 char		rawname[RAWNAMESZ];
 char		rawreadflag;
@@ -200,6 +202,8 @@ static void		readrc(char *, int);
 
 static void do_interval(char *, char *);
 static void do_linelength(char *, char *);
+static void do_generations(char *, char *);
+static void do_logpath(char *, char *);
 
 static struct {
 	char	*tag;
@@ -209,6 +213,8 @@ static struct {
 	{	"flags",		do_flags,		0, },
 	{	"interval",		do_interval,		0, },
 	{	"linelen",		do_linelength,		0, },
+	{	"generations",		do_generations,		0, },
+	{	"logpath",		do_logpath,		0, },
 	{	"username",		do_username,		0, },
 	{	"procname",		do_procname,		0, },
 	{	"maxlinecpu",		do_maxcpu,		0, },
@@ -975,6 +981,18 @@ do_linelength(char *name, char *val)
 	linelen = get_posval(name, val);
 }
 
+static void
+do_generations(char *name, char *val)
+{
+	generations = get_posval(name, val);
+}
+
+static void
+do_logpath(char *name, char *val)
+{
+	strcpy(logpath, val);
+}
+
 /*
 ** read RC-file and modify defaults accordingly
 */
diff --git a/atop.daily b/atop.daily
index 55737fda..dace91e0 100755
--- a/atop.daily
+++ b/atop.daily
@@ -51,11 +51,34 @@ then
 	rm "$PIDFILE"
 fi
 
+#e.g. generations 5
+ATOPRC="/etc/atoprc"
+if [ -f $ATOPRC ]; then
+	RCGENERATIONS=`cat $ATOPRC | grep -w '^generations' -m 1 | awk '{print $2}'`
+	if [ -n "$RCGENERATIONS" ]; then
+		LOGGENERATIONS=$RCGENERATIONS
+	fi
+fi
+
+#e.g. logpath /data00/log/atop
+ATOPRC="/etc/atoprc"
+if [ -f $ATOPRC ]; then
+	RCLOGPATH=`cat $ATOPRC | grep -w '^logpath' -m 1 | awk '{print $2}'`
+	if [ -n "$RCLOGPATH" ]; then
+		LOGPATH=$RCLOGPATH
+		mkdir -p $LOGPATH
+	fi
+fi
+
 # delete logfiles older than N days (configurable)
 # start a child shell that activates another child shell in
 # the background to avoid a zombie
 #
 ( (sleep 3; find "$LOGPATH" -name 'atop_*' -mtime +"$LOGGENERATIONS" -exec rm {} \;)& )
+# In case we change the logpath, ensure consistent log storage status
+if [ "$LOGPATH" != "/var/log/atop" ];then
+    ( (sleep 3; find "/var/log/atop" -name 'atop_*' -mtime +"$LOGGENERATIONS" -exec rm {} \;)& )
+fi
 
 # activate atop with an interval of S seconds (configurable),
 # replacing the current shell
diff --git a/atop.h b/atop.h
index e8078b8c..4d5492a6 100644
--- a/atop.h
+++ b/atop.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ extern char		rawreadflag;
 extern char		rmspaces;
 extern time_t		begintime, endtime, cursortime;	// epoch or time in day
 extern char		flaglist[];
+extern char		logpath[];
 extern struct visualize vis;
 
 extern int      	osrel;
diff --git a/man/atoprc.5 b/man/atoprc.5
index cb9fab19..68926eb9 100644
--- a/man/atoprc.5
+++ b/man/atoprc.5
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ The default interval value in seconds.
 The length of a screen line when sending output to a file or pipe (default 80).
 .PP
 .TP 4
+.B generations
+The number of day logs need to keep, considering disk space usage and other needs.
+.PP
+.TP 4
+.B logpath
+The log path atop writes to. This is meaningful especially to avoid the root directory being fully occupied.
+.PP
+.TP 4
 .B username
 The default regular expression for the users for which active
 processes will be shown.
@@ -232,6 +240,10 @@ flags\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Aaf
 .br
 interval\ \ \ \ \ \ 5
 .br
+generations\ \ \ 3
+.br
+logpath\ \ \ \ \ \ \ /data00/log/atop
+.br
 username
 .br
 procname
diff --git a/rawlog.c b/rawlog.c
index fc9ff727..d8ec9cd8 100644
--- a/rawlog.c
+++ b/rawlog.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include "photosyst.h"
 #include "rawlog.h"
 
-#define	BASEPATH	"/var/log/atop"  
 #define	BINPATH		"/usr/bin/atop"
 
 static int	getrawrec  (int, struct rawrecord *, int);
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ rawread(void)
 		tp	= localtime(&timenow);
 
 		snprintf(rawname, RAWNAMESZ, "%s/atop_%04d%02d%02d",
-			BASEPATH, 
+			logpath,
 			tp->tm_year+1900,
 			tp->tm_mon+1,
 			tp->tm_mday);
@@ -355,7 +354,7 @@ rawread(void)
 			strcpy(savedname, rawname); // no overflow (len=8)
 
 			snprintf(rawname, RAWNAMESZ, "%s/atop_%s",
-				BASEPATH, 
+				logpath,
 				savedname);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@ rawread(void)
 			tp	 = localtime(&timenow);
 
 			snprintf(rawname, RAWNAMESZ, "%s/atop_%04d%02d%02d",
-				BASEPATH, 
+				logpath,
 				tp->tm_year+1900,
 				tp->tm_mon+1,
 				tp->tm_mday);