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<node id="1018294" title="Re^3: Store large hashes more efficiently" created="2013-02-11 23:53:26" updated="2013-02-11 23:53:26">
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&lt;p&gt;Using a standard hash and [pack] like so, it requires 1.12GB to store the 10e6 key/value pairs:&lt;code&gt;
$h{ pack 'V', $uintKey } = pack 'H*', $32byteHexValue;
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&lt;p&gt;Workable on most modern systems. How much smaller are you looking for?


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