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But, newer deployments should use Ceptor Gateway instead of the Dispatcher, since it contains more functionality, and is easier to configure. Also, new features will be added to the gateway, but in general not to the dispatcher.

What does the

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Dispatcher do

The Dispatchers job, is basically to forward requests to web application servers. It also assigns session id’s to browsers, and performs load-balancing by assigning servers to users. The dispatcher also makes sure that clients reach the same server for every request they perform, so session state information can be kept in memory on the application server, instead of sharing it via databases.

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