Re: We dont go for "uptime" records
Doing a reboot when you can is in my mind A Good Thing. While I mostly use Linux boxes and they have less need of rebooting for patches, I have been caught out before by a boot loader patch that borked booting but in itself had no need to reboot. Only discovered when an unplanned late night reboot occurred, doh!
After that I try to reboot after significant patching even if not called for, assuming there is not any real impact from doing so.
The other "gotcha!" is application software that has been changed and fails to properly start on boot. It may have SFA to do with the OS patching, but again a planned reboot while to responsible software person is to hand is a good policy so you have a server that is kept in "automatically recovers" mode. Because unplanned reboots happen. Due to power issues, gross administrative error, system lock-ups triggering a watchdog, etc, etc.