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alex137

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    Comment #4688665

    Good. Now, what is the recommanded layout of the node buffers (the 4MiB buffers). I've read about Packed Memory Arrays, but don't quite get the complete idea. Can we really do bett…

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    Comment #4683749

    OK, I'm starting to get the concept. Here is how I'm understanding the whole thing: Assume a node size that can hold 1M records in a buffer and 32 links (that's about 16 MiB more o…

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    Comment #4672779

    Hi. I thought the block size is much bigger in fractal trees (like 4MiB instead of 4KiB) than in B-trees hence the fanout would be about the same? I'm trying to experiment with the…