Flooding in Asia is going to cause an increase in the price of hard drives:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...-digital-plant
http://www.infoworld.com/t/hard-driv...e-hikes-176453
I had a quick check round some retailers and 1TB drives are now between £50 to £60 and 2TB drives are now up to around £65 to £80.