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 particular host company for your domain address is the simplest way to point 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), etcetera, so, in case you want to edit any one of these records, you'll be able to do it through their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain address reveal the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the Internet domain you are attempting to access. That way the web site that you'll see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least 2 NS records. There is absolutely no functional difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a host company is going to use depends completely on their preference.
NS Records in Shared Hosting
If you use a Linux shared service from our company and you include a new domain name inside the account or transfer an existing one from another company, you are going to be able to manage its NS records with ease through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for several domain addresses at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to manage your domain address even if it's the first you've ever registered. It requires just a mouse click to see what name servers a domain uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to point a domain to the hosting space on our end and with a few clicks more you will even be able to register private name servers for any of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of each provider that you would like the new NS records to direct to.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server accounts are administered using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with incredibly user-friendly interface, which will help you handle your domains effortlessly even if you have never used a web hosting account or a domain address up to now. Changing the NS records for each domain address registered through our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are accurate or not as to point that domain name to our cloud hosting platform is also quite easy and takes as little as a few clicks. You're also going to be able to register child name servers under each and every one of your domain addresses as an element of the free DNS administration 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 each and every domain that you accommodate inside the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their web sites, employing this feature is going to give you a lot more credibility as a business.