Abstract:Distributed hash table (DHT) is widely used in distributed storage because of its efficient data addressing. Nevertheless, traditional DHT-based storage has to store data in specified nodes to achieve efficient data addressing, which restricts the application scope of the DHT technology severely. Taking heterogeneous storage networks for example, the storage space, bandwidth, and stability of nodes vary greatly. Choosing appropriate data storage nodes according to data features and the performance differences among the nodes can greatly improve the data access efficiency. However, the tight coupling between data and storage location disqualifies the traditional DHT-based storage from being applied to heterogeneous storage networks. Therefore, this study proposes a vRoute algorithm to decouple the data identifier from storage location in DHT-based storage. By building a distributed data index based on Bloom Filter, the vRoute algorithm allows data to be stored in any node of the network without reducing the efficiency of data addressing. It is implemented by extending the Kademlia algorithm, and its validity is verified theoretically. Finally, the simulation experiments show that vRoute achieves a data addressing efficiency close to that of the traditional DHT algorithm with low storage and network overhead.