Firebird is a SQL database engine integrated in M-Files. Select Firebird as the database engine, unless you have a particular reason to choose Microsoft SQL Server.
Click the Define... under the Advanced tab of the Document Vault Properties to open settings for the Firebird engine.
Location of metadata and file data when using Firebird.
Here you can define the vault folder on the server in which all of the document vault data is to be physically stored.
By default, files are stored in the same folder as the metadata. With the Separate location for file data option under Advanced..., you can define a location for file data that is different from the metadata location. This enables you to locate your file storage at a storage facility on a large network drive or file server. It is, however, recommended to store the metadata and files in the same location.