The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal 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 easiest way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records will 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 on, if you want to change any of these records, you'll be able to do it via their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name show the DNS servers that 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 Internet domain you want to access. In this way the website that you will see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least 2 NS records. There isn't any sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what type a website hosting provider is going to use depends exclusively on their preference.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
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 domain addresses with ease even when you haven't used a hosting account or a domain address in the past. Changing the NS records for any domain address registered using our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are accurate or not as to point that domain address to our cloud hosting platform is also quite simple and takes as little as a few clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under every one of your domain names as part of the free DNS management services we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain that you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their web sites, employing this feature will give you far more credibility as a business.