B-tree Insertions (Cont.)
The figure on the previous slide is repeated on the right one more time.
(d)—Inserting keys
W
and
Y
causes the third node to split, leaving four leaf nodes. (d) shows the tree after
B
is inserted.
(e)—The insertion of the next key,
E
, will cause the first leaf node to split.
(f)—The final tree, after inserting
U M K
, is shown at (f).