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 setting up a couple of SRV records, you will be able to use the domain name with different providers and direct it to many servers simultaneously, each and every server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to each and every machine, so there won't be any interference. You could also set different priorities and weight for two records which are employed for the very same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. By having an SRV record you can employ 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 providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Website Hosting

In case you have a shared website hosting account with us and the DNS records for a domain added in it are managed by our system, you will be able to create any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and once you sign in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll only have to fill a couple of boxes with the necessary info and your new SRV record is going to be active in a couple of hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider wants. When required, you may also change the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it is going to remain active after you edit or remove it. The standard TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you will be able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.