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 host company for your domain address is the easiest way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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 forth, so if you wish to edit any of these records, you'll 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 try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the domain you are trying to reach. This way the site that you're going to see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain name has at least two NS records. There's no functional difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider is going to use depends only on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The outstanding Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our cloud web hosting plans, will allow you to manage the name servers of each and every domain registered through us with just a few mouse clicks, so even if you have never had a website hosting plan or a domain address before, you will not encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it'll enable you to edit the NS records of any domain or even a number of domains together. We also offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each and every domain registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a couple of IPs - either ours, if you're going to use the child NS to forward the domain to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you will use the new records to direct the domain name to their system. Unlike other providers, we don't charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.