Clone disk over ssh

dd

dd to compress image file over ssh http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/saw27/notes/backup-hard-disk-partitions.html

http://karlherrick.com/dev/2008/09/12/dd-backups-over-ssh/

Using DD Over Netcat vs SSH http://www.ndchost.com/wiki/server-administration/netcat-over-ssh

compress http://serverfault.com/questions/52260/compressing-dd-backup-on-the-fly

http://serverfault.com/questions/51567/how-to-set-up-disk-cloning-with-dd-netcat-and-ssh-tunnel

ntfsclone

http://linux.die.net/man/8/ntfsclone

Backup an NTFS volume to a remote host, using ssh. Please note, that ssh may ask for a password!

ntfsclone --save-image --output - /dev/hda1 | gzip -c | ssh host 'cat > backup.img.gz' 

Restore an NTFS volume from a remote host via ssh. Please note, that ssh may ask for a password!

ssh host 'cat backup.img.gz' | gunzip -c | ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/hda1 -