What distro are you running? I trust Red Hat to get kernel updates right the first time, I just patched externally facing servers and systems that handle PHI tonight with no issues (outside of one of my PostgreSQL servers showing a non-neglible increase in CPU usage, damnit Intel).
Of course, I also go into any updates with a rollback plan. ITIL sucks, but one thing it taught me was the value of well documented plans any time you make changes to production systems.
Of course, I also go into any updates with a rollback plan. ITIL sucks, but one thing it taught me was the value of well documented plans any time you make changes to production systems.