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Unit 3: Indexing and B-Trees — Data Structure Notes

Indexing: The Library Catalog Analogy

Searching a 1000-page book page-by-page is slow. An Index lets you jump directly to the right page. Database Indexing works identically — a small structure holding keys and pointers to actual data locations on disk.

Types of Indexing

Type	Description	Levels	Speed
Primary Index	Built on the ordering key field	1	Fast for range queries
Secondary Index	Built on a non-ordering field	1	Slower, more flexible
Single-Level	One index file	1	Good for small datasets
Multi-Level	Index on index (tree structure)	2+	Required for large datasets

Multilevel Indexing: When the index itself is too large for RAM:

Outer Index: Fits in RAM → points to blocks of Inner Index.
Inner Index: On Disk → points to actual data.
Reduces disk accesses dramatically.

B-Trees: The Industry Standard

A B-Tree is a specialized M-Way tree that is always balanced — the gold standard for disk storage.

B-Tree Rules (Order M)

Rule	Description
Root	Has at least 2 children (unless it's a leaf)
Internal Nodes	Must have at least ⌈M/2⌉ children
Keys per Node	Min: ⌈M/2⌉ - 1, Max: M - 1
Growth	Grows UPWARDS (splits promote median)
Leaves	ALL at the same depth (guaranteed)
Ordering	Keys within each node are sorted

B-Tree Properties Table

Property	Formula (Order M)	Order 3	Order 5
Max keys/node	M - 1	2	4
Min keys/node (non-root)	⌈M/2⌉ - 1	1	2
Max children/node	M	3	5
Min children/node (non-root)	⌈M/2⌉	2	3

B-Tree vs BST vs AVL — When to Use What

Feature	BST	AVL	B-Tree
Balance	None	Strict (BF ≤ 1)	Strict (all leaves same depth)
Branching	2	2	M (hundreds)
Height	O(n) worst	O(log n)	O(log_M n)
Best For	Simple in-memory	Guaranteed in-memory	Disk/Database storage
Disk I/O	Many reads	Many reads	Minimal reads
Used By	Teaching	In-memory maps	MySQL, PostgreSQL, NTFS, Ext4

Real World Use:

Databases: Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL use B-Trees (or B+ Trees) for indexes.
File Systems: NTFS (Windows), HFS+ (Mac), Ext4 (Linux) use B-Trees to organize files.