[clug] Pop quiz.. (DHCP and servers).

[Peter Shevchenko]

"Andrew Janke" <a.janke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Should you or shouldn't you let your servers/desktops get their IP
> address via DHCP?
> 
> As I see it the pros are:
>    * Easier to config and re-install (one less thing to do)
>    * Easier to change IP configs/DNS/ntp/etc.
> 
> Cons:
>    * DHCP server becomes a big SPOF unless you use large lease times

It is quite easy to setup the dhcp server as a load balancing failover pair
which removes the SPOF problem.  This is how we run our DHCP server for
RSISE and yes it really does work.

see: https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuDHCPload-balancingFailover

>    * A tad more network traffic/noise
> 
> 
> In my case given that I use cfengine2 to look after all my servers and
> desktops this is sort of moot but I have always been curious on the
> general consensus for this. If you do I will be interested in your
> comments as to what you set your lease time to.
> 
> 
> ta
> 
> 
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