SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain name for a specific service different from a site. By creating a number of SRV records, you can use the domain name with different companies and point it to a number of servers at once, every single server managing a different service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set individual priorities and weight for two records which are used for the very same service, but point 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 instance, and have the actual software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours is going to use will depend on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Cloud Website Hosting

Provided you have a cloud website hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are managed by our system, you're going to be able to set up any record that you need easily, including an SRV one. This is done through the user-friendly Hepsia CP and as soon as you log in to your web hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will only need to fill a few boxes with the necessary information and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you need to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If necessary, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which shows how long it will remain active after you modify or remove it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you’ll be able to leave it if you do not specifically need a different one.