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No specific recommendations for off-the-shelf offerings, but I see you're in Europe and concerned with power consumption? You may want to look at Wolfang's Channel on youtube - he has a few NAS builds that are extremely low power, and I've found his videos informative. Specifically, you will want to look at his "Building a Power Efficient Home Server" video.
Of course, the above is not useful if you're looking for prebuilt units.
Thanks, i found Wolfgang's video extremly useful and now decided to build one myself. The Topton N5105 looks really good with its 6 sata ports. Just need to decide if i get the bigger Fractal Node 304 or the smaller (but nicer) Jonsbo N1 case.
The whole project is a bit of a stretch between low power, low noise (living room) and enough cpu/ram for good zfs performance.
Yep, this board looks perfect for your stated use case! You give up a bit for the form factor, but just put those sweet sweet power savings towards your next upgrade.
One last thought - I've watched a few reviews of the Jonsbo N1 and I think there were 2 flaws with it: loudish stock fan, and if you are using all HDD slots drives can overheat due to bad airflow (front panel is solid - not vented - for some reason!)