Review on WEme USB 3.0 to SATA Converter Adapter: Easily Connect 2.5 3.5 Inch Hard Drive Disk SSD HDDs - Power Adapter & USB 3.0 Cable Included! by Robert Dickinson

I bought used SAS drives to replace my fleet of SATA drives because SAS drives are much cheaper. At the same time, I have many files, such as B. Old videos that I don't need regularly that would be better kept in an archive than involving and consuming hard drive resources. These USB->SATA converters are a great gadget. for converting SATA drives to archive. I like the compactness of this particular adapter. Because no drive case is included, the adapter itself is smaller, meaning it takes up less space when not in use. The only issue right now is that the adapter itself is designed to protrude farther down than the bottom of my 3.5" drives, so I have to put something under the drive to avoid bending stress on the connector. The speeds I get with this adapter are very decent - at least 150MB/s and I suspect it's hard drive limited. Works on Linux (Kernel 5.10) without drivers. Note that on Linux you can use the hdparm utility to hibernate the drive before unplugging it, which I do every time (hdparm -Y /dev/sdb). As another reviewer noted, this adapter requires no power when using SATA SSDs, while it does require power when using 3.5" magnetic hard drives. I deliver power when using 2.5 inch magnetic hard drives.