How does a Worklight Cluster differ from a Worklight Server Farm?

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Worklight Liberty Server Farm is described here:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSZH4A_6.2.0/com.ibm.worklight.installconfig.doc/install_config/t_install_server_farm_man_liberty.html

A Worklight Server Farm on Liberty is described here:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSZH4A_6.2.0/com.ibm.worklight.installconfig.doc/admin/t_setting_up_WL_liberty_8_5_cluster_env.html

The first link discusses server farms. The second link mentions a server farm, but then mentions standalone servers in a cluster. Has IBM confused the terms cluster and farm in the second link?

What does a Farm give me over a regular set of standalone servers in a cluster?

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The first link, http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSZH4A_6.2.0/com.ibm.worklight.installconfig.doc/install_config/t_install_server_farm_man_liberty.html is about a mandatory configuration of Worklight 6.2 so that Worklight administration operations (basically any operation performed from the administration console such as uploading a wlapp) are propagated to all instances in the farm. If that procedure is not followed the farm will behave inconsistently.

The second link (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSZH4A_6.2.0/com.ibm.worklight.installconfig.doc/admin/t_setting_up_WL_liberty_8_5_cluster_env.html) is about using IBM HTTP Server as a front end to all Worklight server instances. Following that procedure only is not sufficient in Worklight 6.2, to have a functional farm.