SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which enables you to use a domain for a specific service different from a site. By creating a few SRV records, you are able to use the domain name with different providers and forward it to several servers at the same time, each and every server handling a separate service. You can specify the port number for the connection to every single machine, so there won't be any interference. You can even set different priorities and weight for two records that are used for the exact same service, but point to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. Using an SRV record you can employ your domain address 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 will depend on the priority and weight values that you have set.

SRV Records in Hosting

If you have a hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain address included in it are managed by our system, you are going to be able to create any record that you need without difficulty, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia CP and when you log in to your web hosting account and check out the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill several boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record will be active within a couple of hours. You can input the service, protocol and the port number which you want to use plus the priority and the weight of the new record based on how you would like to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. When required, you can even edit the TTL (Time To Live) value for the record, which reveals how long it is going to remain active after you modify or delete it. The default TTL value for the majority of records is 3600 seconds and you’re able to leave it if you don't specifically need a different one.