The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Essentially, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL inside an Internet browser, your PC asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain should be retrieved. This way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the website content is requested from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server takes care of the emails for the domain address (MX record) so a message can be forwarded to the correct mailbox, and so forth. Any modification of these sub-records is performed with the help of the company whose name servers are employed, permitting you to keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Each domain has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.
NS Records in Shared Hosting
The avant-garde Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our shared hosting products, allows you to handle the name servers of each domain registered through us with only a few clicks, so even though you may have not had a website hosting plan or a domain address before, you won't encounter any problems. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, features a very user-friendly interface and it'll permit you to change the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domains simultaneously. We give you the chance to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each domain registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IP addresses - either ours, if you'll use the child NS to point the domain address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you'll use the new records to point the domain to their system. Different from other companies, we do not charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed through Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, that will allow you to handle your domains easily even if you have never used a web hosting account or a domain before. Changing the NS records for each and every domain address registered with our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are right or not as to point that domain name to our cloud hosting platform is also fairly simple and takes just a few mouse clicks. You're also going to be able to register child name servers under any of your domain names as a part of the free DNS control services we offer with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for any domain that you accommodate inside the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their sites, using this feature will give you far more credibility as a business.