Patent ID: 11907585
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. The processing system of claim 13, wherein the operational instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the processing system to:
determine a zone reallocation requirement at a time after the first data slice is written;
select a second one of the plurality of storage zones that is designated as closed for the writes based on the zone reallocation requirement;
designate the second one of the plurality of storage zones as open for the writes;
receive, via the network, a second data slice for storage; and
write the second data slice sequentially at a memory location of the second one of the plurality of storage zones based on determining that the second one of the plurality of storage zones is designated as open for the writes.