A kernel update is very disruptive, requiring scheduled downtime to temporarily halt all services on each and every machine affected.
Live Partition Mobility has enormous potential for dramatically reducing scheduled downtime for system maintenance activities.
The application is always available with no interruptions (or at most, imperceptive ones) except for scheduled downtimes for maintenance.
It moves applications away from systems that require scheduled downtime for maintenance.
Exceptions include ACTS of God, the provider's scheduled downtime maintenance, or accidental cutting of the fiber optics line.
