SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from an Internet site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you can use the domain name with different companies and point it to numerous servers at a time, each and every server handling a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

If you host a domain address in a web hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to create a new SRV record with just a few clicks in the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our intuitive interface makes it more simple to set up a new record compared with other website hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you would like clients to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an extra option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. Unless asked otherwise, you may leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

With a semi-dedicated server plan from us, you'll be able to take advantage of our easy to work with DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house built Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. It's going to give you a simple user interface to create a new record for each domain name hosted in the account, so if you need to use a domain address for any purpose, you can create a brand new SRV record with a few mouse clicks. Via basic text boxes, you will have to type in the service, protocol and port number details, which you ought to have from the company providing you with the service. In addition, you'll be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you intend to use a couple or more machines for the same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you may set any other value between 1 and 100 when necessary. Moreover, you have the option to adjust the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to a various different value - this way setting the time this record will be active in the global DNS system after you remove it or change it.