Patent ID: 11941273
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
means for associating the particular zone with the final flash block in response to determining that to the special indication is not received from the host regarding the particular zone in the ZNS;
means for receiving the host data from the host for storage in the particular zone;
means for staging the host data in the staging area in response to receiving the host data from the host;
means for determining whether the staging of the host data in the staging area for the particular zone is complete by determining whether the host data is approximately equal to or greater than a storage space of the final flash block; and
means for writing a portion of the host data from the staging area for the particular zone to the final flash block that is associated with the particular zone in response to determining that the staging of the host data in the staging area for the particular zone is complete.