Or 8x4x4 adapter if you want a PCIe card + 3 m.2s.
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This is why I love this product, it’s very flexible in this part for what you have. 
That won’t work with a Jonsbo N1, which only has a half-height slot.
But indeed 10 year-young X10SDV boards have many possibilities. 
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Jonsbo N3 is way better imho, way more flexible.
Most of the decissions on hardware were highly constrained by availability and price, along with the need for a very small system. It was particularly hard getting a case, tried Aliexpress but it let me down several times.
For now, I’ll have 5 HDD and 2 m.2 nvme + separate SSD for boot pool. Think I can fit an additional 1 to 3 SSD, maybe one for mirroring the pool (3 wouldn’t be that easy).
Think for now I definitely don’t need more than 5 HDD. Better upgrade networking next.