Patent ID: 11966610
Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. An operating method of a storage device, comprising:
transmitting, by a controller, a default Zoned NameSpace (ZNS) size to a host device, the controller serving to control a storage including a plurality of dies each having a plurality of memory blocks;
receiving, by the controller, a ZNS generation request signal including a required ZNS size from the host device;
generating, by the controller, a ZNS by selecting one or more memory blocks corresponding to the required ZNS size from the plurality of dies and allocating the selected memory blocks to the ZNS:,
receiving, by the controller, a write request including write data, a size of which is larger than a remaining capacity of the ZNS, from the host device;
additionally allocating, by the controller, another memory block to the ZNS based on the size of the remaining capacity and the size of the write data corresponding to the write request; and
processing, by the controller, the write request with the ZNS.