Sin compresion
# tar -cf - . | ssh root@remotehost tar -C /path/in/remote/hostu -xf -

Usando Compresion (z) y modo verbose (v) al descomprimir y preservando permisos (p)
# tar zcf - . | ssh root@remotehost "cd /path/in/remote/host; tar zpxvf -"  


Using dd_recue
dd_rescue /dev/bad_partition /dev/stdout | ssh user@example.com "cat >/tmp/rescue.