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Feb 25, 2020 · Big Data
External Sorting of a 4.6 GB File Containing 500 Million Integers: Strategies, Implementations, and Performance
The article presents a practical case of sorting a 4.6 GB file with 500 million random integers, evaluates in‑memory quicksort and merge‑sort implementations, discusses bitmap sorting, and finally details a multi‑phase external‑sort algorithm with measured runtimes and resource considerations.
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