Using rsync to execute an initial copy of data from the SOURCE to TARGET machine via a SSH transport:
rsync -avx --numeric-ids --progress -e ssh /data/ root@<TARGET_IP_ADDRESS>:/data
Using rsync to maintain synchronization after the initial copy:
rsync -avx --numeric-ids --progress --delete -e ssh /data/ root@<TARGET_IP_ADDRESS>:/data
-- The "--delete" option has been added to delete files from the TARGET that have been deleted from the SOURCE since the initial rsync.
-- The "--dry-run" or "-n" option can be added to reveal what rsync intends to do.
-- The trailing "/" on the SOURCE directory is intentionally there and keeps that directory from being created under the TARGET subdirectory.
