Could you please clarify this? I was under the assumption that eSATA was the name for the external [hot-pluggable] SATA connector. If memory serves, eSATAp was that, but combined with a USB plug. Very clever engineering, though the connector seems to be very rare these days (possibly due to SATA itself losing market share [in the context of ordinary people]).
> eHDD standards (and devices) that allow you to plainly read the SATA data from the drive, merely acting as a transport for the SATA connector itself
I'm a bit confused, but isn't eSATA exactly what you are looking for?