SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which permits you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from a site. By setting up a few SRV records, you will be able to use the domain with different providers and direct it to many servers at once, each server handling a separate service. You could specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will never be any interference. You can even set different 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 specific software running on various machines with different companies. Which one a client of yours will use is determined by the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Hosting

The Hepsia CP, included with each and every Linux hosting package that we offer, gives you an easy means to create any DNS record you need for a domain or a subdomain inside your account. The easy-to-use interface is simpler in comparison with what other companies provide and you will not have to do anything more complex than to fill a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you have to log in, navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Within the small pop-up that'll appear, you have to input the service, protocol and port details. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that would make a difference if you have at least a couple of servers handling the very same service. If you are using a machine from a different provider, they might also ask you to set a TTL value different from the standard 3600 seconds. This value outlines how long the newly created record will remain functional after you edit it in the future.