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Re:Why databases use ordered indexes but programming uses ha... by branko_d on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @06:56AM (#21751641)
Yup, aligning the B-Tree nodes to database pages (which are themselves aligned to physical disk blocks) is the key.

No pun intended ;)

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