SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain name for a specific service different from an Internet site. By creating a couple of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different providers and forward it to many servers at once, each and every server managing a different 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 2 records which are used for the very same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can employ your domain or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, included with each and every web hosting plan that we offer, provides you with an easy means to set up any DNS record you need for a domain name or a subdomain in your account. The easy-to-use interface is simpler than what other companies offer and you will not have to do anything more difficult than to fill several boxes. For a new SRV record, you have to log in, navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the "New" button. In the small pop-up that will appear, you have to input the service, protocol and port info. You can even set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, which will make a difference if you have no less than two servers dealing with the very same service. If you use a machine from a different company, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value determines how long the newly created record is going to remain operational after you edit it in the future.