rsync -aHAXxv --numeric-ids  --progress -e 'ssh -T -c aes128-gcm@openssh.com -o Compression=no -x ' <source_dir> user@<host>:<dest_dir>

a: archive mode - rescursive, preserves owner, preserves permissions, preserves modification times, preserves group, copies symlinks as symlinks, preserves device files.
H: preserves hard-links
A: preserves ACLs
X: preserves extended attributes
x: don't cross file-system boundaries
v: increase verbosity
--numeric-ds: don't map uid/gid values by user/group name
--progress: show progress during transfer

ssh

T: turn off pseudo-tty to decrease cpu load on destination.
c aes128-gcm@openssh.com: use the weakest but fastest SSH encryption.
o Compression=no: Turn off SSH compression.
x: turn off X forwarding if it is on by default.