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Simulation run on this device. Scenario values are not sent anywhere — the engine is fully local.

system design simulation · free

B+ Tree Index Playground

Insert, split, and look up in a live B+ tree drawing.

How many pages does a point lookup touch?

Engine 1.0.0 · simulation
1010000000
4512
KiB
464
Tree height
3
Leaf pages (est.)
10000
I/Os per point lookup
~3
Page
8 KiB

Higher fanout shortens height — classic B+Tree win for disks/SSDs.

n=1000000 order=100 → height 3

Method

  • Deterministic local model of the mechanism — knobs recompute outputs instantly with no network.
  • Numbers are teaching approximations, not production capacity guarantees.