out-size.py

import gzip
import sys

s = """
aaaa
"""

se = s.encode("utf8")
sez = gzip.compress(se)
raw_size = len(se)
zipped_size = len(sez)

print('raw: ', raw_size / 1000, ' kB')
print('gzipped: ', zipped_size / 1000, ' kB')

rps = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) == 2 else 100
seconds_in_month = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30
rpm = seconds_in_month * rps
takes = zipped_size * rpm / 1000000000000
print('gzipped takes %f TB monthly at %i requests per_second rate' % (takes, rps))