diff --git a/vcsserver/base.py b/vcsserver/base.py
--- a/vcsserver/base.py
+++ b/vcsserver/base.py
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 # Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
 import os
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import traceback
 import logging
 import urllib.parse
 
+from vcsserver.lib.rc_cache.archive_cache import get_archival_cache_store
 from vcsserver.lib.rc_cache import region_meta
 
 from vcsserver import exceptions
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ def raise_from_original(new_type, org_ex
         del exc_traceback
 
 
+
 class ArchiveNode(object):
     def __init__(self, path, mode, is_link, raw_bytes):
         self.path = path
@@ -92,28 +95,51 @@ class ArchiveNode(object):
         self.raw_bytes = raw_bytes
 
 
-def archive_repo(walker, archive_dest_path, kind, mtime, archive_at_path,
-                 archive_dir_name, commit_id, write_metadata=True, extra_metadata=None):
+def store_archive_in_cache(node_walker, archive_key, kind, mtime, archive_at_path, archive_dir_name,
+                           commit_id, write_metadata=True, extra_metadata=None, cache_config=None):
     """
+    Function that would store an generate archive and send it to a dedicated backend store
+    In here we use diskcache
+
+    :param node_walker: a generator returning nodes to add to archive
+    :param archive_key: key used to store the path
+    :param kind: archive kind
+    :param mtime: time of creation
+    :param archive_at_path: default '/' the path at archive was started. if this is not '/' it means it's a partial archive
+    :param archive_dir_name: inside dir name when creating an archive
+    :param commit_id: commit sha of revision archive was created at
+    :param write_metadata:
+    :param extra_metadata:
+    :param cache_config:
+
     walker should be a file walker, for example:
-        def walker():
+        def node_walker():
             for file_info in files:
                 yield ArchiveNode(fn, mode, is_link, ctx[fn].data)
     """
     extra_metadata = extra_metadata or {}
-    archive_dest_path = safe_bytes(archive_dest_path)
+
+    d_cache = get_archival_cache_store(config=cache_config)
+
+    if archive_key in d_cache:
+        with d_cache as d_cache_reader:
+            reader, tag = d_cache_reader.get(archive_key, read=True, tag=True, retry=True)
+            return reader.name
+
+    archive_tmp_path = safe_bytes(tempfile.mkstemp()[1])
+    log.debug('Creating new temp archive in %s', archive_tmp_path)
 
     if kind == "tgz":
-        archiver = archival.tarit(archive_dest_path, mtime, b"gz")
+        archiver = archival.tarit(archive_tmp_path, mtime, b"gz")
     elif kind == "tbz2":
-        archiver = archival.tarit(archive_dest_path, mtime, b"bz2")
+        archiver = archival.tarit(archive_tmp_path, mtime, b"bz2")
     elif kind == 'zip':
-        archiver = archival.zipit(archive_dest_path, mtime)
+        archiver = archival.zipit(archive_tmp_path, mtime)
     else:
         raise exceptions.ArchiveException()(
             f'Remote does not support: "{kind}" archive type.')
 
-    for f in walker(commit_id, archive_at_path):
+    for f in node_walker(commit_id, archive_at_path):
         f_path = os.path.join(safe_bytes(archive_dir_name), safe_bytes(f.path).lstrip(b'/'))
         try:
             archiver.addfile(f_path, f.mode, f.is_link, f.raw_bytes())
@@ -133,46 +159,37 @@ def archive_repo(walker, archive_dest_pa
         f_path = os.path.join(safe_bytes(archive_dir_name), b'.archival.txt')
         archiver.addfile(f_path, 0o644, False, b'\n'.join(meta))
 
-    return archiver.done()
+    archiver.done()
+
+    # ensure set & get are atomic
+    with d_cache.transact():
+
+        with open(archive_tmp_path, 'rb') as archive_file:
+            add_result = d_cache.set(archive_key, archive_file, read=True, tag='db-name', retry=True)
+            if not add_result:
+                log.error('Failed to store cache for key=%s', archive_key)
+
+        os.remove(archive_tmp_path)
+
+        reader, tag = d_cache.get(archive_key, read=True, tag=True, retry=True)
+        if not reader:
+            raise AssertionError(f'empty reader on key={archive_key} added={add_result}')
+
+        return reader.name
 
 
 class BinaryEnvelope(object):
-    def __init__(self, value: bytes, bin_type=True):
-        self.value = value
-        self.bin_type = bin_type
-
-    def __len__(self):
-        return len(self.value)
-
-    def __getitem__(self, index):
-        return self.value[index]
-
-    def __iter__(self):
-        return iter(self.value)
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return str(self.value)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return repr(self.value)
-
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, BinaryEnvelope):
-            return self.value == other.value
-        return False
-
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self.__eq__(other)
-
-    def __add__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, BinaryEnvelope):
-            return BinaryEnvelope(self.value + other.value)
-        raise TypeError(f"unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'BinaryEnvelope' and '{type(other)}'")
-
-    def __radd__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, BinaryEnvelope):
-            return BinaryEnvelope(other.value + self.value)
-        raise TypeError(f"unsupported operand type(s) for +: '{type(other)}' and 'BinaryEnvelope'")
+    def __init__(self, val):
+        self.val = val
 
 
+class BytesEnvelope(bytes):
+    def __new__(cls, content):
+        if isinstance(content, bytes):
+            return super().__new__(cls, content)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError('Content must be bytes.')
 
+
+class BinaryBytesEnvelope(BytesEnvelope):
+    pass