Parallel processing of large node B-trees

The performance improvement afforded by parallel processing of large-node B-trees is investigated. A node partitioning scheme to enhance concurrency for B-trees is presented. In the method, the tree height is reduced by increasing the node size. However, it is shown that increasing node size alone in conventional B-trees on parallel disks may not improve the response time, and may even degrade the performance. The proposed method achieves better performance while avoiding this anomaly.<
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