SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain for a particular service different from an Internet site. By setting up a number of SRV records, you are able to use the domain name with different companies and forward it to many servers at once, every single server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records which are used for the very same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you host a domain address within a cloud web hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to create a new SRV record with a few clicks in the DNS Records area of your Hepsia CP. Our user-friendly interface makes it much simpler to create a new record compared to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only 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 2 you could set any value between 1 and 100 based on which server you want users to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an extra option, you can pick how long this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. If you're not asked otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

A brand new SRV record could be created within seconds for every domain name hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, used to handle the semi-dedicated accounts, comes with a very easy-to-use interface, so you'll be able to create any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to create records using the DNS management tool, which is an element of Hepsia and once you select SRV for the type, a few text boxes will appear. You will need to input the service, port number and protocol information along with the record value in them and the new record will be active soon after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the default one being 10. You are able to adjust each of the two in case the other provider has asked you to do so. Moreover, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which shows the duration a record will remain working if changed or deleted, could also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.