client-side cache space

[Michael Mayer]

Hi,

I've got two clients with reiserfs filesystems connecting to a server with
the tape. Everything works well, but due to compression the transfer rates
aren't that high they should be in case of the tape streaming. (needs
about 5 MB/s)

So, is there any possibility to define an cache space on the client side,
where the backup is stored and just transferred after compression ? 

Thanks in advance

        Michael