I'm trying to make use of a solid Sabrent metal 3.5" SATA enclosure with fan, which features eSATA and USB2 connections. I believe Newegg (Rosewill) sold something similar also with a USB3 version (RX358 series).
The obvious solution would be a USB3-to-eSATA adaptor, of which I have 3 old very ones in the drawer, but none of these properly supports large Enterprise HDDs.
3TB+ disks partitioned via direct SATA, or in a modern USB3 enclosure, are not recognized via these adaptors (they appear raw/unitialized). I am assuming these all date from the XP era wherein advanced format drives underwent reverse sector translation, which modern enclosures/controllers do not do.
Looking on line it seems like vendors have been producing the same adaptors for 10 years or so, That includes the ones I've tried:
VANTEC CB-ESATAU3-6 (VL711 chipset)
BYTECC USB3-ESATA (unknown chipset)
Noname black (sold under various Chinese brands) JM539-based adaptor dongle.
Before I give up the fight I thought I'd ask: are there any modern USB3-eSATA adaptor dongles/cables which do not do reverse sector translation on drives >3TB? Specific links would be appreciated. Thanks!