Hello there. Thanks again for your help. Would you be willing to Skype sometime, or perhaps get on a Teamspeak server with me to perhaps walk me through some of your setup.
I am still a bit confused on the logistics of your setup. And would love to talk to you more about it. Also, would you be willing to upload a world save so that I can dissect your setup?
A traditional disk is limited by the lookup time. The time it takes to move to the location that stores the needed data. An SSD can read from all storage elements at the same time.
A thumb drive is similar in architecture, however the bandwidths are limited by the USB standard and how the USB bus is integrated into PC.