Donna,
I back up over 300GBs of data to JD. (Server Edition) It did take quite a long time. After this, it does take quite less time. Jon did hit on something. I wonder if the de-duplication process struggles a bit with certain files such as backup files.
My server backup at night takes over two hours. So, depending on how many other backups you are doing, 40 minutes isn't all that long.
Every once in a while, say quarterly, I back up my data partition to a new vault and delete the other. This brings the backup times dramatically lower.
I would be interested in how many AC .enc backups you have in your AC backup folder. Personally, I find more than five to be excessive for many reasons. Keep track of the time it takes every time you add another backup.
If I may offer once piece of advice or philosophy. I am guessing you keep local backups of your AC backup folder and imported items. No, JD will not send you a backup hard drive. But, I do not think it is prudent to consider any online backup as your immediate restore. I consider my online backup to be the equivalent of taking a copy home. Why do we keep an online backup or offsite backup? In case of a disaster such as a fire or flood or hurricane. That would be the only reason. If your office were devastated and all local data was destroyed, you would have ample time to download the files to a computer.
