diff --git a/loki/helm-values.yaml b/loki/helm-values.yaml
index 9f8a965..11f7f3b 100644
--- a/loki/helm-values.yaml
+++ b/loki/helm-values.yaml
@@ -1,35 +1,23 @@
 # Loki Helm Values
 # Chart: https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
-# Single binary deployment with S3 (MinIO) storage
+# Single binary deployment with local filesystem storage
 
 loki:
-  # Use S3 storage (MinIO)
+  # Use filesystem storage (local-path PVC)
   storage:
-    type: s3
-    s3:
-      endpoint: http://minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000
-      region: us-east-1
-      bucketNames:
-        chunks: loki
-        ruler: loki
-        admin: loki
-      s3ForcePathStyle: true
-      insecure: true
-    bucketNames:
-      chunks: loki
-      ruler: loki
-      admin: loki
+    type: filesystem
 
   # Single binary mode with 1 replica
   commonConfig:
     replication_factor: 1
+    path_prefix: /var/loki
 
-  # Schema config
+  # Schema config - filesystem backend
   schemaConfig:
     configs:
       - from: "2024-01-01"
         store: tsdb
-        object_store: s3
+        object_store: filesystem
         schema: v13
         index:
           prefix: index_
@@ -51,23 +39,16 @@ deploymentMode: SingleBinary
 singleBinary:
   replicas: 1
   persistence:
-    enabled: false
-  # Run on master node for stability (consistent with Thanos/Tempo)
+    enabled: true
+    storageClass: local-path
+    size: 10Gi
+  # Run on master node for stability
   tolerations:
     - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
       operator: Exists
       effect: NoSchedule
   nodeSelector:
     node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: "true"
-  extraEnvFrom:
-    - secretRef:
-        name: minio-s3-credentials
-  extraVolumes:
-    - name: loki-data
-      emptyDir: {}
-  extraVolumeMounts:
-    - name: loki-data
-      mountPath: /var/loki
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: 23m
diff --git a/tempo/helm-values.yaml b/tempo/helm-values.yaml
index f307bbe..66852f0 100644
--- a/tempo/helm-values.yaml
+++ b/tempo/helm-values.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # Architecture:
 # - Single binary (monolithic) mode for small clusters
-# - MinIO S3 for trace storage
+# - Local filesystem for trace storage
 # - OTLP receiver for OpenTelemetry data
 # - Integrates with Grafana for trace visualization
 
@@ -41,17 +41,14 @@ tempo:
   # Retention settings
   retention: 72h  # Keep traces for 3 days
 
-  # Backend storage (MinIO S3)
-  # Uses environment variable expansion
+  # Backend storage (local filesystem)
   storage:
     trace:
-      backend: s3
-      s3:
-        bucket: tempo
-        endpoint: minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000
-        access_key: ${S3_ACCESS_KEY}
-        secret_key: ${S3_SECRET_KEY}
-        insecure: true
+      backend: local
+      local:
+        path: /var/tempo/traces
+      wal:
+        path: /var/tempo/wal
 
   # Query settings
   querier:
@@ -63,30 +60,13 @@ tempo:
     enabled: true
     remoteWriteUrl: http://prometheus-kube-prometheus-prometheus.prometheus.svc:9090/api/v1/write
 
-  # Enable environment variable expansion in config
-  extraArgs:
-    config.expand-env: "true"
-
-  # Environment variables from secret for S3 credentials
-  extraEnv:
-    - name: S3_ACCESS_KEY
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: tempo-s3-secret
-          key: S3_ACCESS_KEY
-    - name: S3_SECRET_KEY
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: tempo-s3-secret
-          key: S3_SECRET_KEY
-
 # =============================================================================
-# Persistence (local cache)
+# Persistence (local-path PVC)
 # =============================================================================
 persistence:
   enabled: true
   storageClassName: local-path
-  size: 2Gi
+  size: 5Gi
 
 # =============================================================================
 # Service