Thoughts on HL8 by 45Drives?

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How can they get 8 drives working with that motherboard?

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B55...X-10/sp#sp

1. 1 x M.2 connector (M2A_CPU), integrated in the CPU, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280 SSDs:
   - AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series and Ryzen™ 3000 Series Processors support SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSDs
   - AMD Ryzen™ Ryzen™ 5000 G-Series and Ryzen™ 4000 G-Series Processors support SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSDs
   
2. 1 x M.2 connector (M2B_SB) on the back of the motherboard, integrated in the Chipset, supporting Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280 SSDs:
   - Supporting SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSDs
   
3. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, integrated in the Chipset:
   - Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10
   

 Theres an M.2 to 4xSATA adapter in there. 

https://youtu.be/IitwrXJuKzw?si=duLnZ_VwJdH1monM has some more details.