Infinite Disk

Infinite Disk was an early hierarchical storage management (HSM) and backup utility for DOS, Microsoft Windows, and OS/2 published by Chili Pepper Software of Atlanta in 1992.[1] Infinite Disk introduced HSM, previously limited to mainframes, to personal computers.[2][3][4]

The company and the software were acquired by Cheyenne Software in 1995,[5] which was in turn purchased by Computer Associates in 1996.[6]

Infinite Disk, operating in the background, automatically compresses less-active files and eventually migrates them to removable media, but the files remain visible in Windows folders and, when accessed, are fetched from the backup storage.

A variant of Infinite Disk, Personal Archiver, was bundled with Iomega removable drives starting in November 1994.[7]

References

1. Infinite Disk 2.0 Product Announcement in Software Magazine
2. Hiebert, Garin (October 10, 1994). "Infinite Disk brings hierarchical storage to personal computers". InfoWorld. Vol. 16, no. 41. IDG. p. 132. ISSN 0199-6649.
3. "Chili Pepper Cleans Unused Files off your Hard Disk", Computer Business Review, December 9, 1992 (press release)
4. Datamation, February 15, 1993, p. 210
5. Business Wire, Sept 28, 1995 Archived July 11, 2012, at archive.today
6. Business Wire, Oct 7, 1996 Archived July 9, 2012, at archive.today
7. Business Wire, Nov 4, 1994 Archived July 8, 2012, at archive.today