zone4dZoned Storage. Zoned Storage is an open source, standards-based initiative to enable data centers to scale efficiently for the zettabyte storage capacity era.This is the meaning of zone:. zone (English)Orin & history From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (girdle, belt) Pronunciation (Amer. Eng.) (Amer. Eng.) zōn, IPA: zoʊn(Brit. Eng.), IPA: