An SRV record, which signifies Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to identify the servers which run a certain service for a domain. In other words, you’ll be able to use your domain not just for a website, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a website with it. If you set up the SRV record, you can choose what IP it'll employ, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established in addition to the priority and the weight of the record assuming that there are several SRV records for the very same service. The latter option allows you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. With this kind of DNS records, you could use the same domain many different purposes and even with different companies if the same one can't provide all services you require.

SRV Records in Web Hosting

You're going to be able to create a new SRV record for each of the domains you host in a shared website hosting account on our groundbreaking cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain address are handled on our end, you are able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and just minutes later any new record you set up is going to be active. Hepsia includes a rather intuitive interface and all it takes to create an SRV record is to fill in just a few text boxes - the service the record is going to be used for, the Internet protocol and also the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, that you can leave except when the other provider requires different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to remain active in case you edit it or erase it at some point, the standard one being 3600.