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  "slug": "zone-size",
  "term": "Zone size",
  "aliases": [
    "ZSZE"
  ],
  "definition": "Zone size is the number of logical blocks in a zone's address extent, which may exceed its writable capacity.",
  "note": "The extent determines zone boundaries; it is not a count of usable data blocks. A smaller zone capacity leaves an unwritable tail within that extent. Convert logical-block counts to bytes using the formatted data size per LBA. [zns-docs]",
  "related": [
    "zone-capacity",
    "zns",
    "zoned-namespace",
    "zone-write-pointer"
  ],
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "zns-docs",
      "title": "Western Digital: NVMe Zoned Namespaces, zone capacity and resource limits",
      "url": "https://zonedstorage.io/docs/introduction/zns",
      "accessed": "2026-11-10"
    }
  ],
  "status": "shipping",
  "advantages": [],
  "limitations": [],
  "supersedes": [],
  "supersededBy": [],
  "firstSeen": null,
  "lastSeen": null,
  "updated": "2026-11-10"
}