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

Claim 11:
12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
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;
receiving the host data from the host for storage in the particular zone;
staging the host data in the staging area in response to receiving the host data from the host;
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
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.