Dan Langille's Other Diary
He has another, more popular, diary. This one is more general.
Benchmarks
Using Bacula’s btape speed test on FreeBSD 10.2 and an LTO-4 tape drive
Testing the benchmark scripts – 1
New benchmarks coming
Benchmarking the Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series DXM03B0Q
Benchmarking the TOSHIBA DT01ACA300
Benchmarking the Seagate ST2000DM001