SQL dump via ssh

@host1:~ $ mysqldump -u <username> -p <database> <table> | gzip > output.sql.gz
@host1:~ $ scp output.sql.gz host2:~/
@host1:~ $ rm output.sql.gz
@host1:~ $ ssh host2
@host2:~ $ gunzip < output.sql.gz | mysql -u <username> -p <database>
@host2:~ $ rm output.sql.gz

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13112720/export-a-large-mysql-table-as-multiple-smaller-files