Although I don't have recent testing experince, after the whole 2TB 'thing', the marketing became about the largest drives tested at time of release. Someone else can look into this further but I think it was not handling Advanced Format Drives (4k sectors) that was the crux of limitation. On December 30, 2019 8:13:57 a.m. EST, Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> wrote:
Hi Scott (and everyone else who replied),
As other on the thread have zero'ing in on, it is likely an issue with whatever
USB/SATA adapter your using. This was a known limitation of early chipsets, and I recall the marketing shift to 'supports larger then 2TB!'.
Pretty sure that's it. As I look around at what's available, even finding one now that supports 10TB is not so easy, many top out at 8. Since I can't yet put the drive in the chassis I have this enclosure <https://www.amazon.ca/ORICO-Screw-Less-3-5-inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B00GAML7OK/ref=sr_1_3> on order which will be useful later anyway. Thanks for the feedback.
Anyone want my existing enclosure? I can bring it to the next meeting. You all know its limitations, but can't beat the price,
-- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56
-- Scott Sullivan