Well let's take this hub as an example:
https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerIQ-Charging-Macbook-Surface/dp/B00VDVCQ84/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498591290&sr=8-1&keywords=anker+10+ports+hub
It says that it can support up to 5/Gbps, and the r/w speed of the hard drive that I'm testing on is around 100~160mbps, theoretically speaking it should easily be able to support 10 hard drives.
or I'm simply missing something here :/