[tlug] Any experience working with Coraid EtherDrives?

[Al Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

Hi TLUGers,

    I've been proposing getting a Coraid EtherDrive [1] to handle our storage needs at work
however have found the information on it a little sparse for my liking [2] - [13].  Have any 
TLUGers had any experience working with one of these devices?  If so, how have you found it?
Works as advertised?  Works but there are some gotchas... ?   Not recommended?

    If you don't recommend a Coraid system, what would you recommend for a storage array instead?


Alain

[1] http://www.coraid.com/pdfs/datasheets/EtherDriveSR1521.pdf  (PDF)
[2] http://meshier.com/2007/05/30/coraid-sr1521-etherdrive-performance-review/
[3] http://coraid.vnewscenter.com/press.jsp?id=1171549806634
[4] http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/08/29/building-out-equipment
[5] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8149
[6] https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/print.php?form=1&topic_id=4793&forum=29&order=ASC&start=0
[7] http://www.coraid.com/support/linux/EtherDrive-2.6-HOWTO.html
[8] http://del.icio.us/tag/coraid
[9] http://www.viraj.org/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/2005/02/10/raid_on_a_coraid
[10] http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/sr.html
[11] http://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-cluster/2006-April/msg00112.html
[12] http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/553
[13] http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress/?p=11