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irc.freenode.com #slicehost - lets celebrate our down-time.
Alastair: We're currently experiencing a power outage in one of our datacenters, we're working as fast as possible to get the issue resolved and will update the status at status.rackspacecloud.com as soon as we have updates. I apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
At least she didn't say "any inconvenience we may have caused you." Today is a rainy day in the cloud. :-'(
As of 12:35AM CST Rackspace Cloud engineers are seeing intermittent connectivity to our WC2 cluster in our Dallas - Fort Worth (DFW) and data center. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and will update the status post accordingly.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact our support via live chat or at 1-877-934-0407 international +1.210.581.040.
UPDATE: As of 1:15am CST, Rackspace Cloud engineers are still working to address the current connectivity issues. We are making significant progress and we will post another update here shortly.
UPDATE: As of 1:30am CST, service has been restored to our WC2 cluster. We are going to continue to monitor the situation closely. Additional updates to follow.