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Part 03 · Indexing

B+Tree vs LSM: Amplification

Read amplificationWrite amplificationSpace amplification

Neither structure wins everywhere. Read, write and space amplification compared, measured on the same workload, and how to pick one for a write-heavy or read-heavy system.

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