Here is a short description about tested usb sticks on the Iconnect.
To expand this do the following tests and email the results to me:
lsusb hdparm -tT /dev/sda (or sdb) dd count=100 bs=1M if=/dev/zero of=./test.img
Kingston Datatraveler G2 100 4GB lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0951:1653 Kingston Technology hdparm /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 490 MB in 2.00 seconds = 244.64 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 58 MB in 3.11 seconds = 18.66 MB/sec dd 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 24.7967 s, 4.2 MB/s
Kingston Datatraveler 4GB lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0951:1607 Kingston Technology DataTraveler 100 hdparm /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 446 MB in 2.00 seconds = 223.04 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 60 MB in 3.01 seconds = 19.93 MB/sec dd 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 12.3561 s, 8.5 MB/s
Sandisk 1GB lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0457:0151 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. Super Flash 1GB / GXT 64MB Flash Drive hdparm /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 430 MB in 2.00 seconds = 214.69 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 3.12 seconds = 10.27 MB/sec dd 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 11.9894 s, 8.7 MB/s
Sandisk Cruzer Contour 4 and 8GB lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:540e SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Contour Flash Drive hdparm/dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 474 MB in 2.01 seconds = 236.16 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 74 MB in 3.01 seconds = 24.61 MB/sec dd 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 3.62557 s, 28.9 MB/s
Patriot Supersonic Xpress 32GB lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13fe:5000 Kingston Technology Company Inc. hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 462 MB in 2.01 seconds = 230.42 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.03 seconds = 25.71 MB/sec dd 104857600 bytes (105 MB) copied, 4.03727 s, 26.0 MB/s