zone-reset · shipping · also Reset Zone, Reset Zone Write Pointer

Zone Reset

Zone Reset makes an eligible sequential zone empty for reuse, returns its write pointer to the zone start and invalidates access to its previous data.

Reset is destructive whole-zone reclamation, not a repair operation or evidence of secure sanitization. ZNS 1.1 rejects Reset on Read Only and Offline zones. Before issuing Reset, the application must preserve any still-needed records and their recovery metadata elsewhere.

Relations

related

zns, zone-write-pointer, zone-finish, data-sanitization

Citations

1. Western Digital, Zoned Storage: zone management commands and state transitions. (accessed 2026-10-13)
2. NVM Express, Zoned Namespace Command Set Specification, revision 1.1 (18 May 2021), Figure 4 and sections 2.1.1.2.1.1, 3.4.3.1.2 and 3.4.3.1.4. Copyright 2007-2021 NVM Express, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. (accessed 2026-10-13)
3. Hesela: ZNS resource limits, lifecycle and recovery boundaries (accessed 2026-10-13)

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