USB 3.0 & eSata external enclosure?

[harmattan]

Two questions:

Is there an external enclosure and that offers both USB 3.0 & eSata connections? I see a couple articles on products from Addonics and Raidon, but none seem to be available from resellers.

Which would be quicker to use as an external HDD connection: USB 3.0 or eSata?

 

[Menelmarar]

Check Vantec.

I've got a couple of very old USB2+eSATA enclosures, they've possibly updated their lineup.

 

[Abula]

I own and use Mediasonic 3.5-Inch USB 3.0 and eSATA Pro Box 4-Bay Enclosure HF2-SU3S2, it works great with usb3 or esata.

If you are looking for a single drive, there not that many enclosures atm, i think most are transitioning, so is more common to find only usb3, but in time i think we will see both, as there are many usb2 + esata. Im not sure if there are single ones with both, but in case you find the above too big, then also consider Mediasonic Dual Bay Raid+ 0/1/Single 3.5-Inch SATA HDD Enclosure HUR1-SU3S2.

If you decide to go with usb3 only, I would go with Thermaltake Max 5G Active Cooling Hard Drive Enclosure, most of the hard drive failures are related to heat, and with 2x80mm fans the drive should remain cool. A friend just bought one, and its very quiet, you can even turn off the leads if they bother you.

Which would be quicker to use as an external HDD connection: USB 3.0 or eSata?

Should be esata as long as sata is the source, but in my personal tests were extremly close, close enough to not care.

 

[harmattan]

Thanks for the replies. Should have specified I only need an enclosure for one drive. Looking at that Mediasonic, but might just hold out until single-drive 3.0+eSata becomes available.