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IRPStackSize
Last modified: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
In Microsoft operating systems including Windows NT, Windows 2000 Server,
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the IRPStackSize is a
parameter that
specifies the number of stack locations in I/O request packets (IRPs) that are
used by the operating system. Each stack uses 36 bytes of memory for each
receive buffer and you can increase the IRPStackSize, through the
Windows
registry for some transports, media access control (MAC) drivers, or for
file
system drivers. The default value of the IRPStackSize parameter is 15.
Antivirus software may cause Event ID 2011 The Server's configuration parameter IRPStackSize is too small for the server to use a local device. Please increase the value of this parameter.
Description of the IRPStackSize parameter This article describes the functionality of the IRPStackSize parameter in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, in Microsoft Windows XP, and in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
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