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 creating a few SRV records, you can use the domain with different companies and point it to a number of servers at a time, each server managing a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You can even set individual priorities and weight for 2 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 or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a client 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 have a website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are handled by our system, you are going to be able to create any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and when you sign in to your website hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you will only have to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record will be active within a few hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you would like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If necessary, you can even modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it is going to remain active after you edit or remove it. The standard TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.

SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Because we realize how irritating it could be to handle DNS records, we're going to provide you with an easy-to-use DNS management tool as a part of our custom-made Hepsia CP, so if you host your domain names in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to create an SRV record with no troubles. We have a step-by-step guide, which will make things much easier. Using a user-friendly interface, you'll have to type in the information that the other company has supplied you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they've given you specific recommendations to modify the priority and / or the weight values, you could leave those two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a few minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) may also be set to a custom value, but normally the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value shows the time the record will continue existing after it is changed or deleted.