Wp-calypso: Rewind: Add the backup duration to the Activity log

[enejb]

I think it would be nice to show how long a backup is taking for a particular site.
This would help a user determine if they should be triggering a backup and how long it should be taking for their site. Also if a backup is taking a really long time it would allert the user that they might need to contact support.

It is something that we currently show to the user in VaultPress.

cc: @roccotripaldi and @keoshi

[keoshi]

@enejb Do you simply mean adding a stopwatch-like timer (i.e.: “2 minutes elapsed”) or that we do a better job at trying to predict how long a backup will take and show a countdown (i.e.: “4 minutes remaining”)?

[enejb]

yes a stop watch like 2 minutes would be good. This way as a user you would know what kind of backup duration is expected.

[keoshi]

@enejb Sounds good, thanks! @roccotripaldi — let me know what you need from me.

@singerb @briancolinger @thingalon Could we expect consistent times both across the board but, most importantly, on a single site? I'm mostly thinking that two different backups of the same site could experience very different times, depending if the servers are under load or not. Is this a valid concern at this point?

[singerb]

After the initial backup, I think we could expect relatively consistent times for the same site. Not across different sites though.

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