June 2001
Intermediate to advanced
688 pages
19h 18m
English
import com.sleepycat.db.*; public void set_h_ffactor(int h_ffactor) throws DbException;
Set the desired density within the hash table.
The density is an approximation of the number of keys allowed to accumulate in any one bucket, determining when the hash table grows or shrinks. If you know the average sizes of the keys and data in your dataset, setting the fill factor can enhance performance.A reasonable rule computing fill factor is to set it to the following:
(pagesize - 32) / (average_key_size + average_data_size + 8)
If no value is specified, the fill factor will be selected dynamically as pages are filled.
The Db.set_h_ffactor interface may only be used to configure Berkeley DB before the Db.open interface ...