Suppose that you have a sorted file and want to construct a dense primary B+ tree index

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Suppose that you have a sorted file and want to construct a dense primary B+ tree index on this file.
1. One way to accomplish this task is to scan the file, record by record, inserting each one using the B+ tree insertion procedure. What performance and storage utilization problems are there with this approach?
2. Explain how the bulk-loading algorithm described in the text improves upon this scheme.
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Database management systems

ISBN: 978-0072465631

3rd edition

Authors: Raghu Ramakrishan, Johannes Gehrke, Scott Selikoff

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