SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to use a domain for a certain service different from a website. By creating a few SRV records, you can use the domain address with different providers and direct it to numerous servers at a time, every single server managing a separate 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 can even set different 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 name 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 is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.
SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux shared website hosting service we offer, will provide you with an easy means to set up any DNS record you require for a domain name or a subdomain within your account. The user-friendly interface is a lot simpler compared to what other companies offer and you will not have to do anything more complex than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you will need to log in, visit the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. In the small pop-up that'll appear, you have to enter the service, protocol and port info. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will make a difference if you have no less than a couple of servers managing the same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they might also require you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value defines how long the newly created record will remain functional after you modify it in the future.
SRV Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a brand new SRV record for any domain name hosted in a semi-dedicated server account on our end is going to be very easy and is going to take no more than several clicks using a user-friendly interface. Through the DNS management tool in your Hepsia web hosting CP, you can create any record you need and as soon as you pick SRV as the type, several additional textboxes will appear on your screen. There, you must insert the service, the protocol, the record value along with the port number and you will be ready. Additionally, if the other company requires it, you're also going to be able to set the weight and priority values if they have to be different from the default value, which is 10. The range for these 2 options is from 1 to 100, so you will have a great deal of possibilities if you use a large number of servers for a particular service. You may also specify how long the new SRV record will remain active if you remove it in the future by setting a TTL (Time To Live) value for it. By default, the TTL is 3600 seconds.