SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a couple of SRV records, you can use the domain name with different providers and direct it to many servers at the same time, every single server managing a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will never be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for two records that are used for the exact same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain name 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 is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

If you host a domain name within a cloud hosting account from our company and we handle the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to create a new SRV record with a few clicks within the DNS Records part of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our intuitive interface makes it much easier to set up a new record compared to other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes and you will be set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you can set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you would like customers to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an additional option, you can select how long this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that is measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

By using a semi-dedicated server package from us, you'll be able to benefit from the user-friendly DNS administration tool, which is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia website hosting CP. It'll give you a simple interface to create a new record for each domain name hosted in the account, so if you need to use a domain for any purpose, you can set up a brand new SRV record with just a few clicks. Using simple text boxes, you'll need to type in the service, protocol and port number details, which you must have from the company providing you the service. Moreover, you'll be able to choose what priority and weight the record will have if you are going to use a couple or more machines for the very same service. The default value for them is 10, but you may set any other value between 1 and 100 if needed. Moreover, you are going to have the option to adjust the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to any other value - in this way setting the time this record is going to be live in the global DNS system after you erase it or modify it.