One simpleminded approach I've used goes something like
tar -cvzf - directory | ssh remoteMachine 'dd of=/dev/yourTapeDriveHere'
...and you can add "bs=1024k" to the dd commandline in order to buffer
up 1Mb on the tape-equipped machine before each write to tape.
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