Before making a decision about which Web server to choose for your production server, I strongly encourage you to install at least one and play with it. (You could qualify or disqualify Web servers based on the information in this book, but you still shouldn't make a final decision without a real evaluation in your own environment. If you're a hobbyist with a home setup, you don't have to do a full-scale evaluation, or at least you don't have to persuade your management that you made the right decision. However, you still need to go through some preinstallation process to give yourself the best chance of a successful installation. Some of the advice I give here, as in the rest of this book, is more relevant for some readers than for others.