Theoretically iozone and such are good tests, but they are also bad tests for a bunch of reasons. There's no secret sauce. To be honest, we've had this discussion and run the tests, and the difference between a relatively modest USB2 and a very fast USB3 was about 10 seconds of bootup time. The boot device speed doesn't really matter as much as you'd think. Also if you consider the fact that a bootup takes 3-5 minutes (for relatively large servers), and the fact that you rarely do a bootup, how much effort are you willing to spend to save a few seconds (or even a minute) on a process that you aren't doing regularly.
Not to sound like I'm belittling your question or saying my time is ultra-valuable, but it's so inconsequential in the big picture its literally not even worth the brain-power to think about. You know what I mean? Just buy Corsair or Mushkin USB stick that's on sale and is at least 4GB (I'd recommend 8GB or 16GB because of 9.3) and never think twice about it again. :p
Not to sound like I'm belittling your question or saying my time is ultra-valuable, but it's so inconsequential in the big picture its literally not even worth the brain-power to think about. You know what I mean? Just buy Corsair or Mushkin USB stick that's on sale and is at least 4GB (I'd recommend 8GB or 16GB because of 9.3) and never think twice about it again. :p
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