SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to employ a domain for a certain service different from a website. By setting up a number of SRV records, you’re able to use the domain with different companies and forward it to several servers at once, each server managing a different service. You could specify the port number for the connection to every machine, so there won't be any interference. You may as well 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 name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the specific software running on several machines with different providers. Which one a customer of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values you have set.
SRV Records in Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, included with each and every hosting we offer, will provide you with an easy means to create any DNS record you require for a domain name or a subdomain in your account. The intuitive interface is much more simple in comparison with what other companies provide and you will not have to do anything more complicated than to fill just a few boxes. For a new SRV record, you will need to sign in, navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the "New" button. Inside the small pop-up which will appear, you have to input the service, protocol and port information. You may also set the priority and weight values, which should be between 1 and 100, that will make a difference if you have at least a couple of servers handling the exact same service. If you are using a machine from a different company, they may also ask you to set a TTL value different from the default 3600 seconds. This value determines how long the newly created record is going to remain operational after you modify it in the future.