Take future expansion and relevance of hardware into account when sizing servers for MOM deployment.
Use a Microsoft SQL Server database for MOM instead of the MSDE Database.
Keep the installation of MOM on a separate server or set of separate dedicated member servers that do not run any other separate applications.
Use WINS in environments that utilize Windows NT nodes.
Use SQL Server Reporting Services to produce custom reports using MOM's reporting feature.
Use Microsoft Outlook 98 or higher to use email notifications.
Start with a single configuration group and add on additional configuration groups only if they are absolutely necessary.
Use a dedicated service account for MOM.
Use a database volume of at least 5GB depending on the length of time needed to store events.
Monitor the size of the MOM database to ensure that it does not increase beyond the bounds of acceptable size.
Archive collected data.
Modify the grooming interval to aggressively address space limitations and keep the database consistent.
Configure MOM to monitor itself.