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 few SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain address with different companies and direct it to a number of servers simultaneously, each and every server handling a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are used for the same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on several machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Cloud Hosting

You'll be able to create a new SRV record for each of the domains that you host within a shared website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Given that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record you create is going to be active. Hepsia features a highly user-friendly interface and all it will require to set up an SRV record is to fill in a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have standard values, that you can leave unless the other company requires different ones. TTL stands short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to be active in case you modify it or delete it at some point, the standard one being 3600.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new SRV record for every domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and is going to take no more than a couple of mouse clicks through a user-friendly interface. Via the DNS administration tool inside your Hepsia website hosting CP, you can create any record you need and as soon as you select SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you will need to input the record value, the service, the protocol along with the port number and you will be all set. In addition, in case the other service provider requires it, you will also be able to set the weight and priority values in case they have to be different from the standard value, which is 10. The range for those two options is from 1 to 100, so you will have lots of possibilities if you use many servers for a particular service. Also, you can determine how long the new SRV record will remain active in case you erase it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.