SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain name for a specific service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you’ll be able to use the domain with different companies and point it to several servers at a time, every single server handling a separate service. You are able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will not be any interference. You could also set individual priorities and weight for two records that are employed for the exact same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use 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 companies. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.
SRV Records in Website Hosting
If you host a domain name inside a website hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you will be able to set up a new SRV record with just a few mouse clicks within the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our intuitive interface makes it more simple to set up a new record in comparison with other hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you'll simply have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be all 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 two you may set any value between 1 and 100 depending on which server you want clients to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an extra option, you may choose how long this record is going to be active after you edit it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. If you're not requested otherwise, you can leave the default value there.