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A Performance Study of Some Directory Structures for Large Files
Grimson, J. B.; Stacey, G. M.
Information Storage and Retrieval, 10, 11-12, 357-64, Nov-Dec 74
Two different directory structuring techniques--division hash technique and a hydrid technique--are compared for the same set of keys with directories of from 10,000 to 100,000 unique keys. Retrieval costs, in terms of the number of accesses of secondary storage required to retrieve the keys, are considered in detail. (Author)
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