As a platform designed for Audio over IP, the Enterprise 9S relies on robust networking capabilities. The documentation assumes that IT engineers possess strong advanced networking abilities, including the use of managed switches and PTP clocking, along with significant experience with AoIP deployments.

For IT asset managers, purchasing a three-year-old workstation sounds counterintuitive. However, the occupies a unique market position. By 2021, the chip shortage had eased slightly, but new 2023/2024 models using Xeon Scalable 4th Gen (Sapphire Rapids) were prohibitively expensive and suffered from early-adopter firmware bugs.