This dissertation gives some insights into key issues of network-attached storage, and builds such an embedded video storage and retrieval system based on Berkeley DB, which is used in video surveillance system.

• 本文在研究网络连接存储(Network-attached Storage，NAS)技术和数据库理论的基础上，设计并实现了一个以Berkeley DB为数据库引擎的嵌入式视频存储和检索系统。 该系统应用在视频监控网络中，提供海量视频数据的快速存储和查找。