Data is stored in Drupal 8 either in the database or in system configuration files.
- See Configuration Management for interacting with the configuration.
- See Database API for interacting with the database.
Drupal 8 currently supports the following database servers:
- MySQL 5.5.3+
- MariaDB 5.5.20+
- Percona 5.5.8+
- PostgreSQL 9.1.2+
- SQLite 3.4.2+