We have a database file with six million pages (6,000,000 pages), and we want to sort it using external merge sort. Assu
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We have a database file with six million pages (6,000,000
pages), and we want to sort it using external merge sort. Assume
that the DBMS is not using double buffering or blocked I/O, and
that it uses quicksort for in-memory sorting.
Assume that the DBMS
has six buffers.
How many runs will you produce in the second pass
(Pass #1)?
Group of answer choices
1,000,000
200,000
1,000,001
200,001
3,334
pages), and we want to sort it using external merge sort. Assume
that the DBMS is not using double buffering or blocked I/O, and
that it uses quicksort for in-memory sorting.
Assume that the DBMS
has six buffers.
How many runs will you produce in the second pass
(Pass #1)?
Group of answer choices
1,000,000
200,000
1,000,001
200,001
3,334