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The SSTable sparse index samples every 16th key by default; a point lookup binary-searches the sparse index then linear-scans up to 16 entries within the candidate block.
Source: entries/2026/05/28/log-structured-merge-tree-lsm.md
class SSTable:
def __init__(self, path, seq, sparse_index_interval=16):
self._interval = sparse_index_interval