Backup calculator

Estimate how much backup retention may consume.

Model one baseline full, daily changed-data points, periodic full restore points and the stored-size factor after compression/dedupe.

Estimate

Not a dedupe-engine simulator

Real backup engines differ in block sizing, compression, dedupe scope, synthetic fulls, pruning and metadata overhead.

Change

Daily change rate matters

A 5% change rate does not mean 5% unique storage after dedupe, but it is still a useful planning input.

Fulls

Periodic full assumptions are conservative

Some systems synthesize fulls without storing another complete physical copy; model the product you actually use.

Restore

Retention is about recovery

Keep restore points because they satisfy recovery objectives, then size capacity for that policy—not the other way around.