The product is easy to deploy. It's not overly complex or difficult. 

It only takes one person two or three hours to complete the task. It's very fast and simple.

WhereScape RED has a very straightforward, easy-to-understand architecture, so setup was easy.

The tool relies on ODBC connections requiring complications in security in an AD environment over using OLEDB.

It requires a developer to either access the server directly or setup file shares. It was often confusing when doing development from a PC but working with a scheduler on a server and knowing what files need to be available from the PC verses from the server. The tool requires a great deal of attention to disk usage and location especially when using native database load utilities as it unloads all the data first into temporary files during the load which can easily consume your servers available space in unpredictable ways. Getting the environment functioning just for the training class was unexpectedly difficult.

The metadata repository is unique to a single target database and cannot be shared with any other target which prevents use beyond a silo datamart. This means data lineage is a silo repository for each target.

I felt the setup was fairly straightforward. I've seen better and I've seen worse. As with most things, it's just wrapping your head around the architecture and methodology WS has implemented.

Yes, the installation and configuration was very straight-forward, although we engaged several WhereScape RED service consultants to ensure that it was. I highly recommend leveraging their service offerings to smooth/expedite initial setup.

Simple. Install - set up ODBC connections, database links to source and install which automatically installs metadata database and job management scheduler. 

The initial setup is fairly straightforward. It was a little challenging because we needed additional access.

Setup is straightforward, but sometimes the environment being installed does not have some of the basic things the system needs for WhereScape to install properly. 

WhereScape might want to consider evaluating the system for missing things that need to be in place before the install and recommend how to fix those situations to make a successful install.

As noted previously, the software generates database code for the target platform and runs that code on the database server itself, so it’s very lightweight. The only components are 1) Client Software and 2) A Lightweight Scheduler. The installation of these two components is very quick and easy.

The initial setup is very easy and we were able to begin development almost immediately.

I found the initial setup very easy. In fact, after one month of using it, I was able to have an independent setup on my own workstation. that shows how easy it is to set it up.

I started using this solution with MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) .They have been a long-term customer of WhereScape Red. When I joined them, they had about 5 WhereScape Red users.