where to put core services in two-node cluster

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Published on 2013-10-28T18:56:04Z Indexed on 2013/10/29 9:57 UTC
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I'm currently configuring two-node HA cluster based on CentOS with DRBD. Most services are packed in virtual machines with migration available.

I have not made decision where to put some core services as: dhcp, ldap, dns - which are critical for all network infrastructure. There are two possibilities:

Configure them as redundant HA services on cluster hosts.
Pack them all into dedicated virtual machine.

What is the best practice?

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