TAR over SSH

Single Thread

# tar cf - /source_directory | gzip -4 | ssh -p 22 -i /path/private_key user@host "cd /target_target_directory; gzip -c -d |tar xf - "

Multi Thread

# tar cf - /source_directory | pigz -p 8 -4 | ssh -p 22 -i /path/private_key user@host "cd /target_target_directory; gzip -c -d |tar xf - "

RSYNC

Handling sparse files

# rsync -avxS /source_directory -e "ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/somekey" user@host:/target_directory

Normal copy with sma permissions

# rsync -avxS /source_directory -e "ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/somekey" user@host:/target_directory