The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, indicate which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain name is the most effective way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records will be managed 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 one of these records, you will be able to do it using their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name point out the DNS servers that 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. This way the website that you will see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain address has at least two NS records. There isn't any sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what type a website hosting provider is going to use depends exclusively on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Web Hosting

When you use a cloud web hosting from our company and you include a new domain address inside the account or transfer an existing one from another provider, you will be able to manage its NS records easily via the Hepsia hosting CP, provided with all shared accounts. You'll be able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for many domains simultaneously with several clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it easy to manage your domain even if it is the first you have ever registered. It takes just a click to see what name servers a domain uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to point a domain address to the hosting space on our end and with only a few mouse clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of every provider that you would like the new NS records to direct to.