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Reminder on Cost Analyses

When showing the cost of operations, don't include Tr and Tw:

  • for queries, simply count number of pages read
  • for updates, use nr and nw to distinguish reads/writes
When comparing two methods for same query
  • ignore the cost of writing the result (same for both)
In counting reads and writes, assume minimal buffering
  • each request_page() causes a read
  • each release_page() causes a write (if page is dirty)