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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