If you're using Microsoft's DHCP, what about clustering for one option - 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958897.aspx

and the basic 80/20 rule for another - 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958936.aspx

here is the MS best practices write up for DHCP - 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958920.aspx

Don K


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From: Eric E Eskam <ees...@usgs.gov>
To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 5:04:47 PM
Subject: Re: DHCP Failover


Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote on 07/14/2009 02:37:02 PM:

> Windows Server comes with a DHCP server. In terms of "failover", there
> is no such thing for DHCP. 

For Microsoft DHCP maybe, but ISC DHCP supports failover: 

http://www.iqware.co.uk/dhcp-3.php 

We use it and it works. 

Eric Eskam
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