As of about 8:50 AM CT, the Rackspace Cloud engineers identified an issue on MySQL 50-51 in our DFW1 data center. At this time, connections to this database server are intermittently affected. Our engineers are diligently working on resolving the issue.
UPDATE: At about 10:50 AM CT, the Engineers made configuration changes to mitigate the effects of this intermittent issue. At this time, the issue has been resolved.
Thank you for your patience and understanding of this matter. If you have any further questions, please contact a member of our support team by visiting us in live-chat or by calling 1.877.934.0407 or INTL +1.210.581.0407.