Best practice for integration tests (vs unit tests)

Right now I have an overlap of unit and integration tests and I want to
tear out my integration tests and keep them separate. This way our unit
tests execute fast and integration testing takes a bit longer.

… and now I’m trying to figure out the best strategy for that.

Reading this:

http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Maven+and+Integration+Testing

seems to not solve the problem.

Seems to me the easiest would be to just have src/main/integration-tests

… but would I have to use failsafe or surefire? I’m not sure why I would
need another plugin for this.

Maybe someone can enlightenment me with some maven wisdom?

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