Hard Disk Prices have... gone up?

Yes. They are currently twice as expensive as they were a few months ago, due to the flooding in Thailand.

http://www.networkcomputing.com/tapes-and-disks/231902183

Darn, wish I would have read that article a couple weeks ago.

Consider Solid State Drives instead. Still more expensive, but the cost/value rate just got cut in half.

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