The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, indicate which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain name is the most convenient way to point it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be taken care of 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, in case you would like to modify any of these records, you'll be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain address show the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the domain you want to access. This way the website you'll see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least 2 NS records. There's no practical difference between the two prefixes, so what type a website hosting provider will use depends completely on their preference.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you register a new domain name within a semi-dedicated server account or transfer an existing one from another registrar company, you will be able to update its NS records as needed without any difficulties even if you have never had a domain of your own before. The process takes a few mouse clicks in Hepsia - the user-friendly management tool, which comes with our semi-dedicated plans. If you have a number of domain addresses inside the account, you are going to be able to update all of them at once, which could save you quite a lot of time and mouse clicks. You can also see with ease the name servers that a domain uses and if they are the proper ones or not in order for the domain address to be directed to the account which you have on our innovative cloud hosting platform. Hepsia will permit you to create private name servers under any domain address registered inside the account and use them not only for that domain name, but also for any other one that you wish to point to our cloud platform.