diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/configuration/DataStorageConfiguration.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/configuration/DataStorageConfiguration.java
index 556e3cd..73d94d24 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/configuration/DataStorageConfiguration.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/configuration/DataStorageConfiguration.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     public static final int DFLT_WAL_HISTORY_SIZE = 20;
 
     /** Default max size of WAL archive files, in bytes */
-    public static final long DFLT_WAL_ARCHIVE_MAX_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+    public static final long DFLT_WAL_ARCHIVE_MAX_SIZE = 10L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
 
     /** */
     public static final int DFLT_WAL_SEGMENTS = 10;