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

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 8, wherein compacting the host data for storage in the particular zone with the other host data for storage in the other zones into the second host data further includes
determining whether a final utilized capacity of the particular zone is less than a storage space of the final flash block in response to receiving receive the zone close request;
internally marking the particular zone as requiring folding into a location of the final flash block in response to determining the final utilized capacity of the particular zone is less than the storage space of the final flash block;
identifying the second host data of two or more reduced capacity zones in the staging area that fit into the storage space of the final flash block in response to internally marking the particular zone as requiring folding into the location of the final flash block, the second host data including some or all of the host data for the storage in the particular zone, and
associating the two or more reduced capacity zones with the final flash block in response to identifying the second host data.