It is a load-balancing solution not only for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform but also for tomcats in EWS.
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Updated content: "The JBoss HTTP connector load-balances HTTP requests to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and JBoss Enterprise Web Server worker nodes, utilizing Apache as the proxy server. It serves as a load balancing solution for Tomcat in JBoss Enterprise Web Server as well as for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform." http://documentation-devel.engineering.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Web_Server/2/html/HTTP_Connectors_Load_Balancing_Guide/chap-HTTP_Connector_Guide-JBoss_HTTP_Overview.html
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