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A file of size 1M clusters is to be sorted using an input buffer of 128 clusters. How many Disk I/O's will be needed if the multi-step merge algorithm is used. detailed solution needed
Dec 9 '06 #1
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Banfa
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Sorted how?

You can not specify the size, you may be able to specify the minimum and maximum, for instance the minimum is

8192 reads
0 writes

That is you read the entire file and determin that it is already sorted and doesn't require modification, 8192 = 1M / 128
Dec 14 '06 #2

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