receiving part: nc -l -p6543 | dd obs=1m of=/dev/mapper/pve-vm--301--disk--1 sending part: dd ibs=16M if=/dev/sda | nc -q1 filer1 6543 tar cf - . | pv -peta -s 1.3T | nc -q1 server port --------------- Sender: SIZE=$(du -sb /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng | cut -f1) tar cf - * | zstd -1 | pv -s $SIZE | nc -q1 192.168.1.40 2345 Receiver: nc -l -p 2345 | zstd -d | tar xf -