How Do You Maintain OS X in a Pro Situation Environment?

This has come up - I want to see what others do to'maintain' their systems
I run this: http://www.maintain.se/cocktail once a week (pilot run the standard crons and cache cleaning... etc..)
Then once a month I run Disk Warrior and Tech Tool
I've been doing this for 'literally' years... well rephrase
after earlier faillings, went to tech tool after some of their early blunders (bugs) switched to disk warrior then added cocktail
SO...
In a professional audio situation of intensive hard drive use (I have over a terbyte in storage on four drives)
Looking for the definite answer:
How Do You Maintain OS X?

Yea. I'm not sure there's any one good way to maintain a Mac. I've been supporting Macs for a few years now, and have discovered nothing works better than a solid knowledge of OS X and your applications. Around here, most problems are app-specific. Problems with PDF or Postscript settings, corrupt preference files, stupid users, corrupt Entourage dbases, silly users, network issues, etc.
For the most part, our OS X systems are very solid, rarely having system-level issues. It's our old OS 9.2 systems with Quark that tend to break down daily.
Diskwarrior is a great tool. So it Cocktail and Onyx. Probably the best thing you can do to make sure a system keeps running is to keep the number of variables low. Install the apps you need, then don't mess with it. Don't install tons of third party software or extensions that screw with the internals of OS X. Don't upgrade software mid-project, and make sure you have a reliable backup system. If you're worried about hardware, you can run Hardware Tests, or just check the SMART status of your drives periodically.
Basically, good systems support is born from experience and paranoia. And remember, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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