External hard drive dock

I have 3 external hard drives (Lacie, 3T) that won't boot up.  I've been told that the hard drives themselves are okay, it's just that the enclosures aren't working.  I've been online looking for hard drive docks.  Some say they'll had 1T drives, others say they'll go up to 2T.  So does this mean that I'm out of luck since my drives are all 3T? 
Anyone can offer suggestions as to make and model and where to buy one? 

Thanks for the input.  Good to know that someone actually used the product and that it works as it should be.  I'm not so much worried about the Thunderbolt although I do appreciate the speed.  I'm thinking of getting a fourth hard drive for backups that are kept off site - in this case, since I back up iTunes, iPhoto and my FCP stuffs (again, a secondary copy to be kept off site), I would like the faster speed (huge files).  But for day to day use, usb 2 is sufficient (have a mid-2011 iMac that doesn't have the USB 3 interface, only the USB 3 and Thunderbolt).

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