An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry which is used to outline the servers which run a specific service for a domain. Quite simply, you can use your domain not just for a site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or perhaps a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have a site with it. If you set up the SRV record, you can pick what IP it's going to use, on which port the connection to the particular server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record in case that you have several SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will allow you to employ different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you may use the same domain name for various purposes and even with different companies if the same one is not able to provide all services you need.
SRV Records in Shared Hosting
If you host a domain within a shared hosting account from our company and we manage the DNS records for it, you are going to be able to set up a new SRV record with just a few mouse clicks inside the DNS Records section of your Hepsia CP. Our easy to navigate interface makes it much simpler to set up a new record compared with other hosting Control Panels, so if you require an SRV record, you will only have to fill a couple of boxes and you'll be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last 2 you can set any value in between 1 and 100 based upon which server you want clients to access first or what recommendations the other provider has given you. As an additional option, you can choose how long this record will be active after you change it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, that’s measured in seconds. Unless requested otherwise, you may leave the default value there.