Posted in Command Line, Linux Backup HDD To Remote Host Binny V A February 22, 2009 Leave a Comment on Backup HDD To Remote Host Make a backup of a local hard disk on remote host via ssh dd bs=1M if=/dev/hda | gzip | ssh user@ip_addr 'dd of=hda.gz' Author: Binny V AA philosopher programmer who specializes in backend development and stoicism.