SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to use a domain for a certain service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you are able to use the domain name with different companies and direct it to a number of servers at once, each server handling a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there won't be any interference. You can also set different priorities and weight for two records that are used for the very same service, but forward 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 instance, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different companies. Which one a customer of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values you have set.

SRV Records in Shared Hosting

In case you have a shared hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are handled by our system, you'll be able to set up any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done via the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you will only need to fill a couple of boxes with the needed information and your new SRV record will be active in several hours. You can enter the service, protocol and the port number you'd like to use and also the priority and the weight of the new record based upon how you want to set up your system or what the third-party provider requires. If necessary, you can also edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which indicates how long it will remain active after you edit or remove it. The standard TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.