The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, reveal which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain name is the most convenient way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), and so on, so if you would like to edit any of these records, you will be able to do it through their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name reveal the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the domain you are trying to reach. In this way the site that you'll see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain address has at least two NS records. There isn't any practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company is going to use depends exclusively on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Hosting
The outstanding Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our cloud hosting products, will permit you to deal with the name servers of any domain address registered through us with only a couple of clicks, so even when you have not had a web hosting plan or a domain before, you won't encounter any troubles. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it will enable you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain names all at once. We also give you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each domain name registered in the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IP addresses - either ours, if you are going to use the child NS to forward the domain address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you will use the new records to point the domain name to their system. Different from other providers, we don't charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.