SRV, which is an abbreviation for Service, is a DNS record, which allows you to employ a domain name for a particular service different from a website. By setting up a few SRV records, you’re able to use the domain address with different companies and forward it to many servers at the same time, every single server handling a separate service. You'll be able to specify the port number for the connection to each machine, so there will not be any interference. You may as well set different priorities and weight for 2 records that are used for the very same service, but direct to different servers for redundancy or load balancing. With an SRV record you can use your domain name or a subdomain under it for a Voice-Over-IP server, for example, and have the real software running on a number of machines with different providers. Which one a client of yours is going to use depends on the priority and weight values that you've set.

SRV Records in Shared Web Hosting

Provided you have a shared web hosting account with our company and the DNS records for a domain name added in it are managed by our system, you will be able to set up any record that you need with ease, including an SRV one. This is done with the user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel and once you sign in to your website hosting account and visit the DNS Records section, you'll simply have to fill several boxes with the needed info and your new SRV record is going to be active in several hours. You can type in the service, protocol and the port number that you'd like to use as well as the priority and the weight of the new record depending on how you intend to set up your system or what the third-party provider needs. 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 change or delete it. The default TTL value for most records is 3600 seconds and you are able to leave it unless you specifically need a different one.