VIRTUAL STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FILE BASED ON AD-HOC NETWORK

摘要

Disclosed is a virtual storage system and a method of retrieving files based on a mobile ad-hoc network. The virtual storage system includes: a virtual storage management server which manages a plurality of storage units of portable multimedia players (PMPs) connected to a mobile ad-hoc network as a single virtual storage; a database server including a file address information table for storing and managing addresses of the files stored in the internal storage units of the PMPs included in the virtual storage constructed by the virtual storage management server and a file content information table for storing and managing meta tag information to allow the stored files to be retrieved; and a PMP having an internal storage. According to the present invention, the storage units of the devices connected to a network can be managed as a single virtual storage, and the files stored in the virtual storage can be retrieved by defining a desired search word.