Replacing Classic Data Warehouse with a One‑Layer Wide Table Model: Architecture, Benefits, and Challenges
The article proposes replacing the traditional multi‑layered data‑warehouse architecture (ODS‑DWD‑DWS‑ADS) with a single, column‑store wide‑table per business theme, achieving roughly 30 % storage savings and faster queries, while acknowledging higher ETL complexity, back‑tracking costs, and production timing challenges.
