diff --git a/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/local_fs.go b/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/local_fs.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..912fcf9ce64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/local_fs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+package persistentcollection
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+func NewLocalFSPersistentCollection[T any](name string, directory string, version int) PersistentCollection[T] {
+	c := &localFsCollection[T]{
+		name:           name,
+		version:        version,
+		collectionsDir: filepath.Join(directory, "file-collections"),
+	}
+	err := c.createCollectionsDirectory()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+type CollectionFileContents[T any] struct {
+	Version int `json:"version"`
+	Items   []T `json:"items"`
+}
+
+type localFsCollection[T any] struct {
+	version        int
+	name           string
+	collectionsDir string
+	mu             sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) Insert(ctx context.Context, namespace string, item T) error {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	items, err := s.load(ctx, namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.save(ctx, namespace, append(items, item))
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) Delete(ctx context.Context, namespace string, predicate Predicate[T]) (int, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	items, err := s.load(ctx, namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	deletedCount := 0
+	newItems := make([]T, 0)
+	for idx := range items {
+		del, err := predicate(items[idx])
+		if err != nil {
+			return deletedCount, err
+		}
+
+		if del {
+			deletedCount += 1
+		} else {
+			newItems = append(newItems, items[idx])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if deletedCount != 0 {
+		return deletedCount, s.save(ctx, namespace, newItems)
+	}
+
+	return deletedCount, nil
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) FindFirst(ctx context.Context, namespace string, predicate Predicate[T]) (T, error) {
+	var nilResult T
+
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	items, err := s.load(ctx, namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nilResult, err
+	}
+
+	for idx := range items {
+		match, err := predicate(items[idx])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nilResult, err
+		}
+		if match {
+			return items[idx], nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nilResult, nil
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) Find(ctx context.Context, namespace string, predicate Predicate[T]) ([]T, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	items, err := s.load(ctx, namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	result := make([]T, 0)
+	for idx := range items {
+		match, err := predicate(items[idx])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if match {
+			result = append(result, items[idx])
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) Update(ctx context.Context, namespace string, updateFn UpdateFn[T]) (int, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	items, err := s.load(ctx, namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	newItems := make([]T, 0)
+	updatedCount := 0
+	for idx := range items {
+		updated, updatedItem, err := updateFn(items[idx])
+		if err != nil {
+			return updatedCount, err
+		}
+
+		if updated {
+			updatedCount += 1
+			newItems = append(newItems, updatedItem)
+		} else {
+			newItems = append(newItems, items[idx])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if updatedCount != 0 {
+		return updatedCount, s.save(ctx, namespace, newItems)
+	}
+
+	return updatedCount, nil
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) load(ctx context.Context, namespace string) ([]T, error) {
+	filePath := s.collectionFilePath(namespace)
+	// Safe to ignore gosec warning G304, the path comes from grafana settings rather than the user input
+	// nolint:gosec
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return []T{}, nil
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't read %s file: %w", filePath, err)
+	}
+	var db CollectionFileContents[T]
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &db); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't unmarshal %s data: %w", filePath, err)
+	}
+
+	if db.Version != s.version {
+		if err := s.save(ctx, namespace, []T{}); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return []T{}, nil
+	}
+
+	return db.Items, nil
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) save(_ context.Context, namespace string, items []T) error {
+	filePath := s.collectionFilePath(namespace)
+
+	bytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(&CollectionFileContents[T]{
+		Version: s.version,
+		Items:   items,
+	}, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("can't marshal items: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return os.WriteFile(filePath, bytes, 0600)
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) createCollectionsDirectory() error {
+	_, err := os.Stat(s.collectionsDir)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return os.MkdirAll(s.collectionsDir, 0750)
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
+func (s *localFsCollection[T]) collectionFilePath(namespace string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(s.collectionsDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s-namespace-%s.json", s.name, namespace))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/local_fs_test.go b/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/local_fs_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac1908d4658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/local_fs_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package persistentcollection
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+type item struct {
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	Val  int64  `json:"val"`
+}
+
+func TestLocalFSPersistentCollection(t *testing.T) {
+	namespace := "1"
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	dir := path.Join(os.TempDir(), "persistent-collection-test")
+	defer func() {
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(dir); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Failed to remove temporary directory %q: %s\n", dir, err.Error())
+		}
+	}()
+
+	coll := NewLocalFSPersistentCollection[*item]("test", dir, 1)
+
+	firstInserted := &item{
+		Name: "test",
+		Val:  10,
+	}
+	err := coll.Insert(ctx, namespace, firstInserted)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = coll.Insert(ctx, namespace, &item{
+		Name: "test",
+		Val:  20,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = coll.Insert(ctx, namespace, &item{
+		Name: "test",
+		Val:  30,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	updatedCount, err := coll.Update(ctx, namespace, func(i *item) (bool, *item, error) {
+		if i.Val == 20 {
+			return true, &item{Val: 25, Name: "test"}, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil, nil
+	})
+	require.Equal(t, 1, updatedCount)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	deletedCount, err := coll.Delete(ctx, namespace, func(i *item) (bool, error) {
+		if i.Val == 30 {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+	require.Equal(t, 1, deletedCount)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	firstFound, err := coll.FindFirst(ctx, namespace, func(i *item) (bool, error) {
+		if i.Name == "test" {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+
+		return false, nil
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, firstInserted, firstFound)
+
+	all, err := coll.Find(ctx, namespace, func(i *item) (bool, error) { return true, nil })
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, []*item{
+		{
+			Name: "test",
+			Val:  10,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "test",
+			Val:  25,
+		},
+	}, all)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/model.go b/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/model.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36e99818a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/infra/x/persistentcollection/model.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package persistentcollection
+
+import (
+	"context"
+)
+
+type Predicate[T any] func(item T) (bool, error)
+type UpdateFn[T any] func(item T) (updated bool, updatedItem T, err error)
+
+// PersistentCollection is a collection of items that's going to retain its state between Grafana restarts.
+// The main purpose of this API is to reduce the time-to-Proof-of-Concept - this is NOT intended for production use.
+//
+// The item type needs to be serializable to JSON.
+// @alpha -- EXPERIMENTAL
+type PersistentCollection[T any] interface {
+	Delete(ctx context.Context, namespace string, predicate Predicate[T]) (deletedCount int, err error)
+	FindFirst(ctx context.Context, namespace string, predicate Predicate[T]) (T, error)
+	Find(ctx context.Context, namespace string, predicate Predicate[T]) ([]T, error)
+	Update(ctx context.Context, namespace string, updateFn UpdateFn[T]) (updatedCount int, err error)
+	Insert(ctx context.Context, namespace string, item T) error
+}