Fast USB 2.0 Stick for Boot Disk

[rudig]

I've been playing around with different options on an HP NL36 ProLiant Microserver and would like to use a USB stick as the boot drive.
Thing is, my 1GB Kingston DataTraveler I flash drive takes forever to load my OS , so I was hoping someone could recommend the right 8/16GB USB stick to me and where to get it from.

 

[Yotch]

You could look at one of the new Adata S102 USB 3.0 drives. The 16 and 32GB drives have much higher write speeds than the 8GB version.
http://www.adata.com.tw/?action=product_specification&cid=1&piid=119
http://www.adata.com.tw/?action=product_feature&cid=1&piid=119
http://rebeltech.co.za/index.php?ma..._19_21&zenid=658efd983b3a7be2d2486e793a89d9ab

 

[RoganDawes]

You could look at one of the new Adata S102 USB 3.0 drives. The 16 and 32GB drives have much higher write speeds than the 8GB version.

Doesn't sound like write speeds are the issue, though. Read speed determines how fast the OS can load.

 

[Pada]

I think the read speeds are also better on the bigger drives.

 

[rudig]

Brilliant! Thanks for the link to rebeltech, Yotch!

Almost bought the new Kingston Data Traveller G3 USB2.0 that has 10MB/s Reads and 5MB/s Writes.

The ADATA S102 USB3.0 drives are 3x faster in USB2.0 than the Kingston drives.

USB3.0 Reads are still 2x higher than in USB2.0, with very little difference between the 16GB and the 32GB drives.
Different story in Writes though, as they go from 18MB/s on the 16GB to 31MB/s on the 32GB.

The link if anyone's interested in the USB3.0 breakdown: http://www.adata.com.tw/?action=product_specification&cid=1&piid=119

 

[Dan C]

I think the read speeds are also better on the bigger drives.

Hmm, maybe in some cases - newer models. A while back I did some speed tests (tested about 8 different makes of flash drives from people in the office) and the fastest 2.0 drive was the Corsair Voyager 4gb (read speed of 35 MB/s). The 8gb Voyager version was actually slower.

http://www.jump.co.za/prices/372352-Corsair-Voyager-4GB-USB-Flash-drive.htm

 

[Pada]

I was specifically referring to the ADATA USB3 flash drives.

The testing method used also makes a massive difference in terms of the speed results. Like on my 8GB ADATA flashdrive, I was able to get like almost twice the speed with HDTune when using like 2MB blocks, instead of copying via Windows which uses like 4kB blocks.

 

[Esquire]

I've been playing around with different options on an HP NL36 ProLiant Microserver and would like to use a USB stick as the boot drive.
Thing is, my 1GB Kingston DataTraveler I flash drive takes forever to load my OS , so I was hoping someone could recommend the right 8/16GB USB stick to me and where to get it from.

We running a special tonight on Kingston flash drives

Kingston DTU30/16GB USB3.0 16gb will be @ R379.00 excl vat
Kingston DTU30/32GB USB3.0 32gb will be @ R599.00 excl vat

Stock in Midrand branch only but can arrange to ship to other branches if needed

 

[Dan C]

I thought the OP wanted USB 2.0 stick.. well that's what the title says.

 

[Chevron]

I thought the OP wanted USB 2.0 stick.. well that's what the title says.

USB3 is backwards compatible.

 

[Esquire]

I thought the OP wanted USB 2.0 stick.. well that's what the title says.

To achieve what the OP wants to do he needs a USB 3.0 that is backward compatible
Fast data transfer rates for USB 3.0 to 80MB/sec. read and 60MB/sec. write;
USB 2.0 = 30MB/sec. read and 30MB/sec. write