The NS (Name Server) records of a domain reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL in a web browser, your PC asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address ought to be retrieved. In this way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the site content is required from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server handles the emails for the domain (MX record) so a message can be delivered to the correct mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is done through the company whose name servers are used, so that you can keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every domain has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.
NS Records in Cloud Web Hosting
In the event you register a domain name in a cloud web hosting account from our company, you'll be able to manage its name servers without difficulty. This can be done via the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and with a few clicks you are going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even a number of domains at once, which could save you considerable time and efforts in case you have a lot of domain names that you'd like to forward to an alternative provider. You can enter a number of name servers depending on how many the other provider offers you. We also enable you to create private name servers for each domain registered through our company and unlike many other companies we do not charge anything additional for this service. The new NS records can be used to direct any other domain name to the hosting platform of the company whose IP addresses you have used during the process, so if you use our IPs in particular, all domains included in the account on our end can use these name servers.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with incredibly user-friendly interface, which will help you handle your domains without difficulty even when you haven't used a hosting account or a domain before. Changing the NS records for each and every domain address registered through our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are right or not as to point that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also very simple and requires only several mouse clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under every one of your domain names as an element of the free DNS control services we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for each and every domain address you accommodate inside the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their sites, using this feature is going to give you more credibility as a business.