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Explore memory hierarchies, secondary storage devices, and file structures for efficient data storage on disk. Learn about hashing techniques, RAID technology, and various file organizations to improve performance and reliability.
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Chapter 13 Disk Storage, Basic File Structures, and Hashing
Introduction • Memory Hierarchies and Storage Devices • Storage of Databases
Secondary Storage Devices • Hardware Description of Disk Devices • Magnetic Tape Storage Devices
Placing File Records on Disk • Records and Record Types • Files, Fixed-Length Records, and Variable-Length Records • Record Blocking and Spanned Versus Unspanned Records • Allocating File Blocks on Disk • File Headers
Hashing Techniques • Internal Hashing • External Hashing for Disk Files • Hashing Techniques That Allow Dynamic File Expansion
Other Primary File Organizations • Files of Mixed Records • B-Trees and Other Data Structures as Primary Organization
Parallelizing Disk Access Using RAID Technology • Improving Reliability with RAID • Improving Performance with RAID • RAID Organizations and Levels