The order of a leaf node in a B+ tree is the maximum number of (value, data record pointer) pairs it can hold. Given that the block size is 1K bytes, data record pointer is 7 bytes long, the value field is 9 bytes long and a block pointer is 6 bytes long, what is the order of the leaf node?
The order of a leaf node in a B+ tree is the maximum number of (value, data record pointer) pairs it can hold. Given that the block size is 1K bytes, data record pointer is 7 bytes long, the value field is 9 bytes long and a block pointer is 6 bytes long, what is the order of the leaf node? Correct Answer 63
Data for B+ Tree:
Disk Block size =1K byte = 210 bytes = 1024 bytes
Block pointer = B = 6 byte
Key field = K = 9 byte.
Record or data pointer = R = 7 byte
Order of leaf = p
Formula:
B + (p) (K + R) ≤ D
Calculation:
6 + (p) (9 + 7) ≤ 1024
16p ≤ 1024 - 6
16p ≤ 1018
p ≤ 63.625
∴ p = 63
maximum number of(value, data record pointer) pairs = 63
The order of the leaf node is 63.
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