Best persistence for new install?

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

See:

Design Pattern: Group Based Persistence

Edit: Updated for OH 4 See Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for an explanation of what a DP is and how to use them. Problem Statement There are several reasons why a home automation enthusiast would want to use openHAB persistence: charting, using historical Item states in rules logic, restore previous values on openHAB restart, detailed analysis, access to the data with external tools, etc. By default, a persistence add-on will implement a default strategy which…

I recommend using at least MapDB for restoreOnStartup of everything and one other persistence engine for everything else. The link above actually uses three, MapDB for restoreOnStartup, rrd4j for recent numerical data, and InfluxDB for longer term historical data and charting.

Currently I only use MapDB and InfluxDB as I’ve simplified my rules to the point where they no longer need access to historic data.

If you have any plans on anything more than just very basic charting I would recommend going with InfluxDB and Grafana.