Description

Currently it will only log data to daily csv files. This works well with the supersid_plot scripts but isn’t the most robust. I want this to write to a database. I’ll start with databases on the network first.

Possible solutions

Options:

1. Write directly to networked database

• Pro: One copy of data, low storage requirements for Pi
• Con: Difficult to setup, connectivity issues could lead to data loss

2. Copy daily files to database on schedule

• Pro: Data already there; no modifying or adding scripts
• Con: 24 hour lag potential, have to calculate times for events

3. Send out to MQTT and write to database

• Pro: Can integrate into current setups
• Con: If not setup correctly could lead to dropped data

4. Write to local database, copy to networked debase

• Pro: Offers redundancy, maybe easy to setup
• Con: Requires additional storage on Pi (perhaps)

Next step

Option 4 is best option. Set it up so that the local data tables drop after confirm write to networked database.