SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a certain service different from an Internet site. By creating a number of SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain name with different providers and forward it to many servers at once, each server handling a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for 2 records which are employed for the very same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values which you have set.

SRV Records in Website Hosting

If you host a domain name inside a website 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 mouse clicks inside the DNS Records part of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to work with interface makes it more simple to create a new record in comparison to other hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a few boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you could set any value in between 1 and 100 depending on which server you want users to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you may choose how long this record will be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. If you're not requested otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Using a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you will be able to benefit from our user-friendly DNS administration tool, that is a part of the in-house developed Hepsia website hosting CP. It's going to provide you with a simple user interface to set up a new record for each domain address hosted in the account, so if you need to use a domain name for any purpose, you can create a completely new SRV record with just a couple of mouse clicks. Through basic text boxes, you'll have to type in the service, protocol and port number details, which you should have from the company providing you with the service. Moreover, you are going to be able to pick what priority and weight the record will have if you're planning to use a couple or more machines for the exact same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you may set any other value between 1 and 100 if needed. Furthermore, you will have the option to change the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to any other value - thus setting the time this record will be active in the global DNS system after you remove it or edit it.