SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By creating a few SRV records, you can use the domain with different providers and point 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 every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain address or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

In case you have a shared hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are handled by our system, you're going to be able to create any record that you need effortlessly, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you sign in to your website hosting account and proceed to the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary data and your new SRV record is going to be active within several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. If needed, you may also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it will remain active after you edit or erase it. The default TTL value for almost all records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.