ssh tar rsync

ssh tar

## From the server

# Untar at destination
tar -czf - /some/file | ssh host.name tar -xzf - -C /destination

# Save as tarball
tar -czpv /path/to/stuff/that/we/backup | ssh user@backup.server "dd of=/path/to/where/my/backup/goes/on/the/server/backup.tar.gz"

## From Remote
ssh remoteuser@my.client.that.needs.a.backup "tar cvpz  /path/to/backup"  > ./remoteclient-backup.tar.gz

## SCP but dont follow symlinks
rsync -azuv -e ssh peng:/dire/to/copy .