SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain for a specific service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain name with different providers and direct it to a number of servers simultaneously, each and every server managing a different service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there will never be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the same service, but forward to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on various machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use is determined by the priority and weight values that you've set.
SRV Records in Cloud Hosting
If you host a domain within a cloud hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to set up a new SRV record with only a few clicks within the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much simpler to create a new record in comparison to other hosting Control Panels, so if you want an SRV record, you'll only need to fill a few boxes and you will be all set. This includes the protocol and the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you can set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you'd like users to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an added option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you may leave the default value there.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new SRV record for each and every domain address hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end will be very easy and will require no more than a couple of clicks via a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, you can create any record you need and once you choose SRV as the type, several more textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you'll need to input the record value, the protocol, the service as well as the port number and you will be all set. Additionally, in case the other company requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values when they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for those 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you've got a great deal of possibilities if you use many servers for a specific service. You could also outline how long the new SRV record will remain live if you delete it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.