The critical data structure for databases. (B-trees)

Опубликовано: 23 Май 2026
на канале: Ben Dicken
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B-trees are one of the most important data structures used in modern OLTP databases like MySQL and Postgres. Let’s go over how B-trees work in-general, and also go through examples of an insertion node split and a deletion node merge.

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