Storage Structures
[SHORE Storage Manager Application Programming Interface (SSM API)]

Collaboration diagram for Storage Structures:

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Detailed Description

The modules below describe the storage manager's storage structures. In summary,

• devices contain
  • volumes, which contain
    • stores, upon which are built
      • files of records,
      • conventional indexes (B+-trees), and
      • spatial indexes (R*-trees)

Modules
	Devices and Volumes
	Stores
	Files of Records
	B+-Tree Indexes
	R-Tree Indexes
	Scanning
	Bulk-Loading Indexes
	Sorting

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