diff --git a/cpp/conf/server_config.yaml b/cpp/conf/server_config.yaml
index c918c74908..b59fa78b67 100644
--- a/cpp/conf/server_config.yaml
+++ b/cpp/conf/server_config.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ db_config:
   #Currently supports mysql or sqlite
   db_backend_url: mysql://root:1234@:/test # meta database uri
   index_building_threshold: 1024   # index building trigger threshold, default: 1024, unit: MB
+  archive_disk_threshold: 512      # triger archive action if storage size exceed this value, unit: GB
+  archive_days_threshold: 30       # files older than x days will be archived, unit: day
 
 metric_config:
   is_startup: off      # if monitoring start: on, off
diff --git a/cpp/src/db/DBMetaImpl.cpp b/cpp/src/db/DBMetaImpl.cpp
index 6549a1740a..9a44820c7a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/db/DBMetaImpl.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/db/DBMetaImpl.cpp
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ Status DBMetaImpl::Archive() {
     for (auto kv : criterias) {
         auto &criteria = kv.first;
         auto &limit = kv.second;
-        if (criteria == "days") {
+        if (criteria == engine::ARCHIVE_CONF_DAYS) {
             long usecs = limit * D_SEC * US_PS;
             long now = utils::GetMicroSecTimeStamp();
             try {
@@ -672,11 +672,11 @@ Status DBMetaImpl::Archive() {
                 return HandleException("Encounter exception when update table files", e);
             }
         }
-        if (criteria == "disk") {
+        if (criteria == engine::ARCHIVE_CONF_DISK) {
             uint64_t sum = 0;
             Size(sum);
 
-            auto to_delete = (sum - limit * G);
+            int64_t to_delete = (int64_t)sum - limit * G;
             DiscardFiles(to_delete);
         }
     }
diff --git a/cpp/src/db/Options.cpp b/cpp/src/db/Options.cpp
index ff6404751f..5f591dcb0f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/db/Options.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/db/Options.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ ArchiveConf::ArchiveConf(const std::string& type, const std::string& criterias)
     ParseCritirias(criterias);
 }
 
+void ArchiveConf::SetCriterias(const ArchiveConf::CriteriaT& criterial) {
+    for(auto& pair : criterial) {
+        criterias_[pair.first] = pair.second;
+    }
+}
+
 void ArchiveConf::ParseCritirias(const std::string& criterias) {
     std::stringstream ss(criterias);
     std::vector<std::string> tokens;
diff --git a/cpp/src/db/Options.h b/cpp/src/db/Options.h
index 039134ebaa..dbe80f8d5f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/db/Options.h
+++ b/cpp/src/db/Options.h
@@ -19,14 +19,20 @@ static constexpr uint64_t ONE_KB = 1024;
 static constexpr uint64_t ONE_MB = ONE_KB*ONE_KB;
 static constexpr uint64_t ONE_GB = ONE_KB*ONE_MB;
 
+static const std::string ARCHIVE_CONF_DISK = "disk";
+static const std::string ARCHIVE_CONF_DAYS = "days";
+static const std::string ARCHIVE_CONF_DEFAULT = ARCHIVE_CONF_DISK + ":512";
+
 struct ArchiveConf {
     using CriteriaT = std::map<std::string, int>;
 
-    ArchiveConf(const std::string& type, const std::string& criterias = "disk:512");
+    ArchiveConf(const std::string& type, const std::string& criterias = ARCHIVE_CONF_DEFAULT);
 
     const std::string& GetType() const { return type_; }
     const CriteriaT GetCriterias() const { return criterias_; }
 
+    void SetCriterias(const ArchiveConf::CriteriaT& criterial);
+
 private:
     void ParseCritirias(const std::string& type);
     void ParseType(const std::string& criterias);
diff --git a/cpp/src/server/DBWrapper.cpp b/cpp/src/server/DBWrapper.cpp
index 6ad308a8d6..c36bf2621e 100644
--- a/cpp/src/server/DBWrapper.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/server/DBWrapper.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ DBWrapper::DBWrapper() {
     opt.mode = serverConfig.GetValue(CONFIG_CLUSTER_MODE, "single");
 //    std::cout << "mode = " << opt.mode << std::endl;
 
+    //set archive config
+    engine::ArchiveConf::CriteriaT criterial;
+    int64_t disk = config.GetInt64Value(CONFIG_DB_ARCHIVE_DISK, 0);
+    int64_t days = config.GetInt64Value(CONFIG_DB_ARCHIVE_DAYS, 0);
+    if(disk > 0) {
+        criterial[engine::ARCHIVE_CONF_DISK] = disk;
+    }
+    if(days > 0) {
+        criterial[engine::ARCHIVE_CONF_DAYS] = days;
+    }
+    opt.meta.archive_conf.SetCriterias(criterial);
+
+    //create db root folder
     CommonUtil::CreateDirectory(opt.meta.path);
 
     zilliz::milvus::engine::DB::Open(opt, &db_);
diff --git a/cpp/src/server/ServerConfig.h b/cpp/src/server/ServerConfig.h
index aa77b081d7..f337275a46 100644
--- a/cpp/src/server/ServerConfig.h
+++ b/cpp/src/server/ServerConfig.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ static const std::string CONFIG_DB = "db_config";
 static const std::string CONFIG_DB_URL = "db_backend_url";
 static const std::string CONFIG_DB_PATH = "db_path";
 static const std::string CONFIG_DB_INDEX_TRIGGER_SIZE = "index_building_threshold";
+static const std::string CONFIG_DB_ARCHIVE_DISK = "archive_disk_threshold";
+static const std::string CONFIG_DB_ARCHIVE_DAYS = "archive_days_threshold";
 
 static const std::string CONFIG_LOG = "log_config";