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Top Architect
Top Architect
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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External Sorting of a 4.6 GB File Containing 500 Million Integers: Strategies, Implementations, and Performance
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Feb 12, 2020 · Big Data

External Sorting of a 4.6 GB File with 500 Million Integers: Strategies and Implementation

This article explains how to sort a 4.6 GB file containing 500 million random integers using internal quicksort and merge sort attempts, the Unix sort command, a bitmap-based method, and a detailed external sorting strategy with multi‑way merge, discussing performance and resource constraints.

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External Sorting of a 4.6 GB File with 500 Million Integers: Strategies and Implementation