diff --git a/ledger/src/hardened_unpack.rs b/ledger/src/hardened_unpack.rs
index 997e02707..67d325a7d 100644
--- a/ledger/src/hardened_unpack.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/hardened_unpack.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ where
     let mut total_size: u64 = 0;
     let mut total_count: u64 = 0;
 
+    let mut total_entries = 0;
+    let mut last_log_update = Instant::now();
     for entry in archive.entries()? {
         let mut entry = entry?;
         let path = entry.path()?;
@@ -110,8 +112,15 @@ where
 
         // unpack_in does its own sanitization
         // ref: https://docs.rs/tar/*/tar/struct.Entry.html#method.unpack_in
-        check_unpack_result(entry.unpack_in(&unpack_dir)?, path_str)?
+        check_unpack_result(entry.unpack_in(&unpack_dir)?, path_str)?;
+        total_entries += 1;
+        let now = Instant::now();
+        if now.duration_since(last_log_update).as_secs() >= 10 {
+            info!("unpacked {} entries so far...", total_entries);
+            last_log_update = now;
+        }
     }
+    info!("unpacked {} entries total", total_entries);
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/ledger/src/snapshot_utils.rs b/ledger/src/snapshot_utils.rs
index 9028f4114..68cf1446e 100644
--- a/ledger/src/snapshot_utils.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/snapshot_utils.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use solana_runtime::{
 use solana_sdk::{clock::Slot, genesis_config::GenesisConfig, hash::Hash, pubkey::Pubkey};
 use std::{
     cmp::Ordering,
+    fmt,
     fs::{self, File},
     io::{BufReader, BufWriter, Error as IOError, ErrorKind, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ pub fn archive_snapshot_package(snapshot_package: &AccountsPackage) -> Result<()
 
 pub fn get_snapshot_paths<P: AsRef<Path>>(snapshot_path: P) -> Vec<SlotSnapshotPaths>
 where
-    P: std::fmt::Debug,
+    P: fmt::Debug,
 {
     match fs::read_dir(&snapshot_path) {
         Ok(paths) => {
diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
index 63f3ec307..d844bfacc 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
     sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock},
+    time::Instant,
 };
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 
@@ -1816,7 +1817,15 @@ impl AccountsDB {
         let mut slots: Vec<Slot> = storage.0.keys().cloned().collect();
         slots.sort();
         let mut accounts_index = self.accounts_index.write().unwrap();
-        for slot in slots.iter() {
+
+        let mut last_log_update = Instant::now();
+        for (index, slot) in slots.iter().enumerate() {
+            let now = Instant::now();
+            if now.duration_since(last_log_update).as_secs() >= 10 {
+                info!("generating index: {}/{} slots...", index, slots.len());
+                last_log_update = now;
+            }
+
             let accumulator: Vec<HashMap<Pubkey, Vec<(u64, AccountInfo)>>> = self
                 .scan_account_storage(
                     *slot,
diff --git a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
index 6b344a984..c856a9377 100644
--- a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use {
         path::{Path, PathBuf},
         result::Result,
         sync::{atomic::Ordering, Arc},
+        time::Instant,
     },
 };
 
@@ -212,10 +213,20 @@ where
         map
     };
 
+    let mut last_log_update = Instant::now();
+    let mut remaining_slots_to_process = storage.len();
+
     // Remap the deserialized AppendVec paths to point to correct local paths
     let mut storage = storage
         .into_iter()
         .map(|(slot, mut slot_storage)| {
+            let now = Instant::now();
+            if now.duration_since(last_log_update).as_secs() >= 10 {
+                info!("{} slots remaining...", remaining_slots_to_process);
+                last_log_update = now;
+            }
+            remaining_slots_to_process -= 1;
+
             let mut new_slot_storage = HashMap::new();
             for (id, storage_entry) in slot_storage.drain() {
                 let path_index = thread_rng().gen_range(0, accounts_db.paths.len());