diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/ImageSharp.csproj.DotSettings b/src/ImageSharp/ImageSharp.csproj.DotSettings
index 018ca75cd..6896e069c 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/ImageSharp.csproj.DotSettings
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/ImageSharp.csproj.DotSettings
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=color/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=common/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=common_005Cexceptions/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
+	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=memory_005Callocators/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
+	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=memory_005Cdiscontiguousbuffers/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=pixelformats_005Cgenerated/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=pixelformats_005Cpackedpixels/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=pixelformats_005Cpixelimplementations/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocator.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocator.cs
index 57a5b77bc..e53929c5c 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocator.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/ArrayPoolMemoryAllocator.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
         public int MaximumContiguousBufferLength { get; set; } = Int32.MaxValue;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected internal override int GetMaximumContiguousBufferLength() => this.MaximumContiguousBufferLength;
+        protected internal override int GetBlockCapacity() => this.MaximumContiguousBufferLength;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override IMemoryOwner<T> Allocate<T>(int length, AllocationOptions options = AllocationOptions.None)
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/MemoryAllocator.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/MemoryAllocator.cs
index 1e1f69784..ccb5bf2e8 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/MemoryAllocator.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/MemoryAllocator.cs
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
     public abstract class MemoryAllocator
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the length of the largest contiguous buffer that can be handled by this allocator instance.
+        /// Gets the length of the largest contiguous buffer that can be handled by this allocator instance in bytes.
         /// </summary>
-        protected internal abstract int GetMaximumContiguousBufferLength();
+        /// <returns>The length of the largest contiguous buffer that can be handled by this allocator instance.</returns>
+        protected internal abstract int GetBlockCapacity();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Allocates an <see cref="IMemoryOwner{T}" />, holding a <see cref="System.Memory{T}"/> of length <paramref name="length"/>.
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/SimpleGcMemoryAllocator.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/SimpleGcMemoryAllocator.cs
index ee9afbac5..88830c551 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/SimpleGcMemoryAllocator.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/Allocators/SimpleGcMemoryAllocator.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
     public sealed class SimpleGcMemoryAllocator : MemoryAllocator
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected internal override int GetMaximumContiguousBufferLength() => int.MaxValue;
+        protected internal override int GetBlockCapacity() => int.MaxValue;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override IMemoryOwner<T> Allocate<T>(int length, AllocationOptions options = AllocationOptions.None)
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/IMemoryGroup{T}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/IMemoryGroup{T}.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaacef713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/IMemoryGroup{T}.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents discontiguous group of multiple uniformly-sized memory segments.
+    /// The last segment can be smaller than the preceding ones.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The element type.</typeparam>
+    public interface IMemoryGroup<T> : IReadOnlyList<Memory<T>>
+        where T : struct
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the number of elements per contiguous sub-block.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int BlockSize { get; }
+
+        bool IsValid { get; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/InvalidMemoryOperationException.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/InvalidMemoryOperationException.cs
similarity index 65%
rename from src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/InvalidMemoryOperationException.cs
rename to src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/InvalidMemoryOperationException.cs
index f756a1246..b211a13f3 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/InvalidMemoryOperationException.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/InvalidMemoryOperationException.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
 {
     public class InvalidMemoryOperationException : InvalidOperationException
     {
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroupView{T}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroupView{T}.cs
similarity index 77%
rename from src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroupView{T}.cs
rename to src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroupView{T}.cs
index 4e5b04dfd..a2d5c0579 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroupView{T}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroupView{T}.cs
@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@ using System.Buffers;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Implements <see cref="IUniformMemoryGroup{T}"/>, defining a view for <see cref="UniformMemoryGroup{T}"/>
+    /// Implements <see cref="IMemoryGroup{T}"/>, defining a view for <see cref="Memory.MemoryGroup{T}"/>
     /// rather than owning the segments.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>
     /// This type provides an indirection, protecting the users of publicly exposed memory API-s
-    /// from internal memory-swaps. Whenever an internal swap happens, the <see cref="UniformMemoryGroupView{T}"/>
+    /// from internal memory-swaps. Whenever an internal swap happens, the <see cref="MemoryGroupView{T}"/>
     /// instance becomes invalid, throwing an exception on all operations.
     /// </remarks>
     /// <typeparam name="T">The element type.</typeparam>
-    internal class UniformMemoryGroupView<T> : IUniformMemoryGroup<T> where T : struct
+    internal class MemoryGroupView<T> : IMemoryGroup<T> where T : struct
     {
-        private readonly UniformMemoryGroup<T> owner;
+        private readonly Memory.MemoryGroup<T> owner;
         private readonly MemoryOwnerWrapper[] memoryWrappers;
 
-        public UniformMemoryGroupView(UniformMemoryGroup<T> owner)
+        public MemoryGroupView(Memory.MemoryGroup<T> owner)
         {
             this.IsValid = true;
             this.owner = owner;
@@ -40,15 +40,17 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
 
         public Memory<T> this[int index] => throw new NotImplementedException();
 
+        public int BlockSize => this.owner.BlockSize;
+
         public bool IsValid { get; internal set; }
 
         class MemoryOwnerWrapper : MemoryManager<T>
         {
-            private UniformMemoryGroupView<T> view;
+            private MemoryGroupView<T> view;
 
             private int index;
 
-            public MemoryOwnerWrapper(UniformMemoryGroupView<T> view, int index)
+            public MemoryOwnerWrapper(MemoryGroupView<T> view, int index)
             {
                 this.view = view;
                 this.index = index;
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.Consumed.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.Consumed.cs
similarity index 84%
rename from src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.Consumed.cs
rename to src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.Consumed.cs
index 17410e900..03f61b75b 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.Consumed.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.Consumed.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
 {
-    internal abstract partial class UniformMemoryGroup<T>
+    internal abstract partial class MemoryGroup<T>
     {
         // Analogous to the "consumed" variant of MemorySource
-        private class Consumed : UniformMemoryGroup<T>
+        private class Consumed : MemoryGroup<T>
         {
             private readonly ReadOnlyMemory<Memory<T>> source;
 
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.Owned.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.Owned.cs
similarity index 86%
rename from src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.Owned.cs
rename to src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.Owned.cs
index d02975cbc..b15d7d676 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.Owned.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.Owned.cs
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ using System.Buffers;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
 {
     // Analogous to the "owned" variant of MemorySource
-    internal abstract partial class UniformMemoryGroup<T>
+    internal abstract partial class MemoryGroup<T>
     {
-        private class Owned : UniformMemoryGroup<T>
+        private class Owned : MemoryGroup<T>
         {
             private IMemoryOwner<T>[] memoryOwners;
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
             {
                 if (this.memoryOwners == null)
                 {
-                    throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(UniformMemoryGroup<T>));
+                    throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(MemoryGroup<T>));
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.cs
similarity index 65%
rename from src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.cs
rename to src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.cs
index 794239377..670a0aaf6 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/UniformMemoryGroup{T}.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroup{T}.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents discontinuous group of multiple uniformly-sized memory segments.
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
     /// <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/> and <see cref="ImageFrame{TPixel}"/>.
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="T">The element type.</typeparam>
-    internal abstract partial class UniformMemoryGroup<T> : IUniformMemoryGroup<T>, IDisposable where T : struct
+    internal abstract partial class MemoryGroup<T> : IMemoryGroup<T>, IDisposable where T : struct
     {
         public abstract IEnumerator<Memory<T>> GetEnumerator();
 
@@ -22,26 +22,28 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
 
         public abstract void Dispose();
 
+        public int BlockSize { get; }
+
         public bool IsValid { get; protected set; }
 
         // bufferLengthAlignment == image.Width in row-major images
-        public static UniformMemoryGroup<T> Allocate(MemoryAllocator allocator, long length, int bufferLengthAlignment)
+        public static MemoryGroup<T> Allocate(MemoryAllocator allocator, long totalLength, int blockAlignment)
         {
-            long bufferCount = length / allocator.GetMaximumContiguousBufferLength();
+            long bufferCount = totalLength / allocator.GetBlockCapacity();
 
             // TODO: Adjust bufferCount, and calculate the uniform buffer length with respect to bufferLengthAlignment, and allocate bufferCount buffers
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
 
-        public static UniformMemoryGroup<T> Wrap(params Memory<T>[] source) => Wrap(source.AsMemory());
+        public static MemoryGroup<T> Wrap(params Memory<T>[] source) => Wrap(source.AsMemory());
 
-        public static UniformMemoryGroup<T> Wrap(ReadOnlyMemory<Memory<T>> source)
+        public static MemoryGroup<T> Wrap(ReadOnlyMemory<Memory<T>> source)
         {
             return new Consumed(source);
         }
 
         // Analogous to current MemorySource.SwapOrCopyContent()
-        public static void SwapOrCopyContent(UniformMemoryGroup<T> destination, UniformMemoryGroup<T> source)
+        public static void SwapOrCopyContent(MemoryGroup<T> destination, MemoryGroup<T> source)
         {
             throw new NotImplementedException();
         }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/IUniformMemoryGroup{T}.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/IUniformMemoryGroup{T}.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index d0ec69bea..000000000
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Memory/DiscontinuousProto/IUniformMemoryGroup{T}.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory.DiscontinuousProto
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Represents discontinuous group of multiple uniformly-sized memory segments.
-    /// The last segment can be smaller than the preceding ones.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <typeparam name="T">The element type.</typeparam>
-    public interface IUniformMemoryGroup<T> : IReadOnlyList<Memory<T>> where T : struct
-    {
-        bool IsValid { get; }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroupTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroupTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adb398ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Memory/DiscontiguousBuffers/MemoryGroupTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Memory.DiscontiguousBuffers
+{
+    public class MemoryGroupTests
+    {
+        public class Allocate
+        {
+            private readonly TestMemoryAllocator memoryAllocator = new TestMemoryAllocator();
+
+#pragma warning disable SA1509
+            public static TheoryData<object, int, int, long, int, int, int> AllocateData =
+                new TheoryData<object, int, int, long, int, int, int>()
+                {
+                    { default(S5), 22, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4 },
+                    { default(S5), 22, 4, 7, 2, 4, 3 },
+                    { default(S5), 22, 4, 8, 2, 4, 4 },
+                    { default(S5), 22, 4, 21, 5, 4, 1 },
+                    { default(S5), 22, 4, 0, 0, -1, -1 },
+
+                    { default(S4), 50, 12, 12, 1, 12, 12 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 7, 12, 2, 7, 5 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 6, 12, 2, 6, 6 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 5, 12, 2, 10, 2 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 4, 12, 1, 12, 12 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 3, 12, 1, 12, 12 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 2, 12, 1, 12, 12 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 1, 12, 1, 12, 12 },
+
+                    { default(S4), 50, 12, 13, 2, 12, 1 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 7, 21, 3, 7, 7 },
+                    { default(S4), 50, 7, 23, 3, 7, 2 },
+
+                    { default(byte), 1000, 512, 2047, 4, 512, 511 }
+                };
+
+            [Theory]
+            [MemberData(nameof(AllocateData))]
+            public void CreatesBlocksOfCorrectSizes<T>(
+                T dummy,
+                int blockCapacity,
+                int blockAlignment,
+                long totalLength,
+                int expectedNumberOfBlocks,
+                int expectedBlockSize,
+                int expectedSizeOfLastBlock)
+                where T : struct
+            {
+                this.memoryAllocator.BlockCapacity = blockCapacity;
+
+                // Act:
+                using var g = MemoryGroup<T>.Allocate(this.memoryAllocator, totalLength, blockAlignment);
+
+                // Assert:
+                Assert.Equal(expectedNumberOfBlocks, g.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(expectedBlockSize, g.BlockSize);
+                if (g.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < g.Count - 1; i++)
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(g[i].Length, expectedBlockSize);
+                }
+
+                Assert.Equal(g.Last().Length, expectedSizeOfLastBlock);
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void WhenBlockAlignmentIsOverCapacity_Throws_InvalidMemoryOperationException()
+            {
+                this.memoryAllocator.BlockCapacity = 42;
+
+                Assert.Throws<InvalidMemoryOperationException>(() =>
+                {
+                    MemoryGroup<byte>.Allocate(this.memoryAllocator, 50, 43);
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size = 5)]
+        private struct S5
+        {
+        }
+
+        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size = 4)]
+        private struct S4
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestMemoryAllocator.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestMemoryAllocator.cs
index b6b297fab..6f9473116 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestMemoryAllocator.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestMemoryAllocator.cs
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Memory
         /// </summary>
         public byte DirtyValue { get; }
 
+        public int BlockCapacity { get; set; } = int.MaxValue;
+
         public IList<AllocationRequest> AllocationLog => this.allocationLog;
 
-        protected internal override int GetMaximumContiguousBufferLength() => int.MaxValue;
+        protected internal override int GetBlockCapacity() => this.BlockCapacity;
 
         public override IMemoryOwner<T> Allocate<T>(int length, AllocationOptions options = AllocationOptions.None)
         {