RFC 2052:A DNS RR for specifying the location of s...
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priority


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... Service.Proto.Name TTL Class SRV Priority Weight Port Target (There is an example near the end of this document.) ...
... DNS meaning. Priority As for MX, the priority of this target host ...
... Priority As for MX, the priority of this target host. A client MUST ...
... attempt to contact the target host with the lowest-numbered priority it can reach; target hosts with the same priority ...
... priority it can reach; target hosts with the same priority SHOULD be tried in pseudorandom order. The range is 0-65535. ...
... Load balancing mechanism. When selecting a target host among the those that have the same priority, the chance of trying this one first SHOULD be proportional to its weight. The range of ...


... Else, for all such RR's, build a list of (Priority, Weight, Target) tuples ...
... Target) tuples Sort the list by priority (lowest number first) Create ...
... Create a new empty list For each distinct priority level While there are still elements left at this priority ...
... priority level While there are still elements left at this priority level Select an element ...
... - A client MAY use means other than Weight to choose among target hosts with equal Priority. - A client ...



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