If Avaya were to allow expansion of the Partner ACS, it would have cut into the sales of the Merlin Magix.
With the Magix now out of production (many people feel that Avaya made a mistake by killing it), it would make sense to modify the ACS to allow further expansion.
VOIP may be the "next big thing", but not everyone is ready to embrace it.
The age of the modules might need to be considered when deciding if it is worthwhile to upgrade to the ACS platform.
The older the modules get, the greater the chances that a port is going to fail or a module could experience problems after a power failure.
Another consideration is that hard drives in the Partner Mail, Partner Mail VS and Partner Messaging don't last forever. Is it worth while sending a defective unit out for a drive replacement, or do we upgrade?
An added note. if I upgrade this Partner I will loose the extra carrier and have to reduce the number of stations my customer now has. Yes we can reduce some stations but I don;t know if the trade off is worth it.
Don't forget, with a Partner ACS R5 and newer, you can use the 012E module which adds 0 lines and 12 stations.
A new 5 slot carrier with (2) 012s and a 308EC will give you 3 lines and 32 extra stations on top of the lines and stations provided by the ACS processor.
Sorry, it is late and i am on a service call and tired and just got finished fighting with a roach that would not stay away from me during the installation of a cable run!
I forgot you pointed out that it is a station expansion module and only adds stations not c/o lines. No need for the EC
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