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... The SRV RR allows administrators to use several servers for a single
domain, to move services from host to host ...
... Clients ask for a specific service/protocol for a specific domain
(the word domain is used here in the strict RFC 1034std13 ...
... service/protocol for a specific domain
(the word domain is used here in the strict RFC 1034std13 sense), and get
back the names of any available servers.
...
... one first SHOULD be proportional to its weight. The range of
this number is 1-65535. Domain administrators are urged to use
Weight 0 when there isn't any load balancing ...
... Domain administrator advice ...
...
- Where the services for a single domain are spread over several
hosts, it seems advisable to have a list of A RRs ...
... Currently there's a practical limit of 512 bytes for DNS replies.
Until all resolvers can handle larger responses, domain
administrators are strongly advised to keep their SRV ...
... Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and specification", STD 13, RFC 1035std13, November 1987. ...
... Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - concepts and facilities", STD 13, RFC 1034std13, November 1987. ...
... Partridge, C., "Mail routing and the domain system", STD 14, RFC 974(-> 2821prop), January 1986. ...