Is that supposed to be impressive ? We had multiple linux instances running for that long (live patched via ksplice, back when Oracle still didn't cut support

Is that supposed to be impressive ? We had multiple linux instances running for that long (live patched via ksplice, back when Oracle still didn't cut support to other OSes). Leaving some box unpatched in datacenter for a decade isn't impressive. Also there is actual risk server not restarted that long just keels over after a power fail for hardware reasons, more frequent (say, every 2 years, if you have kernel patching) reboots at least reduce number of machines that can die at once, as rare as it would be.