WTH Why can't add-on such Frigate store data to a attached storage?

[yousaf465]

We can share data with NAS, but what about adding an external HDD/SSD or another internal storage to the HAOS machine?

[Hedda]

+1 as it would be nice to have simple option to use local storage for some addons.

Not tried but it myself but think you could achieve similar result indirectly by using the “Samba share” addon to share local storage as a SMB-share and then point Frigate to the local loopback IP address (127.0.0.1) as if was a share on a NAS.

• addons/samba/DOCS.md at f0cbc238b7c7a23a28be99730b83d9aa02a7af4f · home-assistant/addons · GitHub

Would that not work as a workaround or can we not get that “Samba share” addon to expose the correct directory/folder that you want? See related discussion here:

• Custom Samba Share?

[yousaf465]

[New Addon] Samba NAS. (Mount external disk and share it )

Hi to all, I wish to share my last mod of the official samba addon. It is based on the last version (9.0) and allow to mount external ( USB,SD etc ) disk by partition label and share via samba. It is a complete plugin replacement of the original ( same config works too ) plus some features: Support to automount and autoshare disk by label ( Protection Mode must be turned off ) Support to expose Time Machine compatible devices ( you can use any share as TimeMachine target!) Add mDNS for ZeroC…

this more looks like it, but then it is too convoluted a way of doing a simple thing.
One reason to use proxmox + frigate + HAOS is this lack of storage freedom. If this is resolved HAOS + frigate as an addon will be an easier method of installation. Or even HAOS + frigate + Jellyfin as an addon. peace of mind and ease of use.