Lecture 13- Data Organization on Files

Question 1

Magnetic disks and SSDs are ?

Answer 1

Block structured

Question 2

What are some assumptions of file organization?

Answer 2

• No record is larger than a block
• Each record is entirely contained in a single block
• No record is contained partly in one block and partly in another

Question 3

What are the different types of file organization?

Answer 3

1. Heap file
2. Sorted file
3. Index file