I’m posting these notes largely for my benefit but it may be of some interest to anyone Clustering with Server 2008.

General Best Practices

• Use the Failover Cluster Configuration Program (FCCP) during setup.
• Use identical equipment where possible and run the Cluster validation tool after each configuration change.
• Microsoft will only support validated clusters.
• Take regular system state backups.
• Use preferred and possible owners and choose carefuly.

Quorum Best Practices

• Use a dedicated basic single volume disk
• RAID 1+0 recommended.
• No need to backup Quorum disk.
• Avoid DFS paths when using file share witness.