Tableau Server architecture approaches to adopt

Previously, we considered two approaches to Tableau Server architecture to avoid. Now let's consider two approaches to adopt.

Tableau Server architecture: TDS-centric

Let's take a look at the following diagram, which depicts the TDS-centric architecture:

The preceding diagram shows the .twb files that have been published to Tableau Server. The .twb files point to a .tds file as a data source. The .tds file points to the database.

The TDS-centric approach to Tableau Server architecture results in various advantages and at least one disadvantage:

• The following are the TWB-centric advantages:
• Small footprint: Like the TWB-centric approach, the TDS-centric approach...