SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from an Internet site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you can use the domain address with different companies and forward it to numerous servers at once, each server managing a different service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the very same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, 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 that you have set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
If you host a domain address within a cloud hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our easy to work with interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record in comparison to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you will only have to fill a few boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol and also the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority and the weight. For the last two you may set any value between 1 and 100 based upon which server you want clients to access first or what instructions the other company has given you. As an additional option, you can 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 can leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Using a semi-dedicated server package from our company, you are going to be able to employ the easy to navigate DNS management tool, that is a part of the in-house designed Hepsia web hosting CP. It will give you a very simple user interface to set up a new record for any domain name hosted in the account, so if you would like to use a domain for any purpose, you can set up a completely new SRV record with only a couple of clicks. Using basic text boxes, you'll need to enter the service, protocol and port number information, which you should have from the company offering you the service. Furthermore, you are going to 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 exact same service. The standard value for them is 10, but you could set any other value between 1 and 100 if required. Moreover, you are going to have the option to adjust the TTL value from the standard 3600 seconds to any other value - this way setting the time this record is going to be live in the global DNS system after you remove it or change it.