Oops...didn't see y'all's posts.  But TMI (too much info) is sometimes better than none, no?  

It may be easier to think of model as a template for other DB's that are created.  All objects that exist in model are used as a kind of default settings...

Yes, deliberate.  I saw it somewhere and thought it was funny after all the bashing that MS gets from their detractors. 

We moved a Sybase application running on a DEC/Alpha with proprietary DEC Unix last year to SQL Server and my life has been...

"restore database from disk with sack assistant"  

Most DBCC errors are due to data corruption and the reasons for corruption can be many.  If it were me, I definitely be checking my server system and application logs...

I'm still laughing at 'moo point' now that I know what it is. 

The short answer to your question is yes and that's really what model is there for.  All objects created in model including tables, users, sp's etc will be propogated to...

Several members have answered your question here:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=5&messageid=199242

LOL...well we do have a 'business casual' dress policy, but it's not that casual.  Although if I were allowed to telecommute like sushila, I'd probably be in my spiderman jammies.  ...

Mainstream support for 7 is scheduled to end at the end of this calendar year.  This link has product support life-cycles for other Microsoft server products:

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesrvr

Hope this is helpful. ...

http://www.certtalk.com/  Has their own tutorials as well as links to many other certification and training sites.  There's another site here http://www.mcmcse.com/forums/exams/  that offers some free tutorials and practice...

As long as we're sucking up.... 

I see SSC as a community.  Like any community or neighborhood, you...

It's a complex question and it's going to depend a great deal on your database and what the application does.  I for one would never use Raid 0 on any...

Remi:

Moo point?  So this is maybe a gateway server?    Maybe that answeres your original I/O question.