Rsync in case of custom SSH port.

rsync -v file2transfer -e  "ssh -p 220" root@destinationIP:/

-v : Verbose (try -vv for more detailed information)

-e ssh :specify the ssh as remote shell

220 : is the ssh port of the remote server

Example for rsyncing mysql

rsync -arv root@IP:/var/lib/mysql/databasename  /var/lib/mysql/