SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from an Internet site. By creating a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain address with different providers and point it to many servers at the same time, every single server handling a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for two records that are used for the very same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can use your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use will depend on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are handled by our system, you'll be able to create any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your website hosting account and go to the DNS Records section, you'll simply need to fill a few boxes with the required info and your new SRV record is going to be active within a couple of hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. If needed, you may also modify the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it'll remain active after you change or delete it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.