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Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets
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Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets

by Dzejla Medjedovic, Emin Tahirovic, Ines Schweigert
July 2022
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
9h 15m
English
Manning Publications
Content preview from Algorithms and Data Structures for Massive Datasets

10 Data structures for databases: B-trees, Bε-trees, and LSM-trees

This chapter covers

  • Learning how database indices work under the hood
  • Exploring data structures that live underneath MySQL, LevelDB, RocksDB, TokuDB, and so on
  • Learning what B-trees are and how lookups, inserts, and deletes in B-trees work
  • Understanding how Bε-trees work and how buffering helps writes
  • Learning how log-structured merge trees (LSM-trees) work and their performance benefits

Choosing the right database for one’s application requires some understanding of the way in which different database engines are built. Specifically, most databases implement indices to speed up the search of their large and frequently queried tables. Commonly, an index is placed on one of the ...

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