Will Lion Install Consume a lot of Disk Space in my Time Capsule?

I have a 500 GB iMac which is about 2/3 full and a 1T Time Capsule which is a little over half full. I'm getting ready to install Lion. As far as by backups go, is this just another backup or will it consume a much bigger part of my TC since it is a major upgrade?
Should I just upgrade and not worry about disk space?

After installing Lion TM will then backup all the new system files which can amount to about 6-8 GBs.

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Your backups are in a +sparse bundle+ on your Time Capsule's internal HD. That's what appears on your desktop and/or Finder sidebar when Time Machine is doing a backup (unless you've told the Finder not to show them). If it currently appears, just eject it, then right-click the TM icon in your Dock and select +Back Up Now.+
For the +TM Buddy+ widget, click your mouse on the words "Click here" in my previous post (anything on these forums that's shown in blue or purple, and is underlined when your mouse passes over it, is a "clickable link" -- clicking on it will take you to that web page.
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Click Manual Setup
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Click the Disks tab below the icons
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Yes, network backups are in an odd container called a +sparse bundle.+ It should be named with your Computer name plus a string of 12 numbers and letters (the hardware address of your Mac).
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