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Zone size

Zone size is the number of logical blocks in a zone's address extent, which may exceed its writable capacity.

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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. [1]

Relations

related
Zone capacity, Zoned namespaces (ZNS), Zoned namespace, Zone write pointer

Citations

  1. Western Digital: NVMe Zoned Namespaces, zone capacity and resource limits (accessed 2026-11-10)

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