Case Study: Institute of Physics achieves rapid, accessible multi-site search with SearchStax Managed Solr

IOP Uses SearchStax Managed Solr on their New Drupal Website

The Institute of Physics (IOP) needed a robust, multi-site search for its new Drupal 8 digital platform to surface a wide range of content to diverse audiences. Drupal native search couldn’t meet must-haves like faceted search and WCAG 2.0 accessibility, so IOP evaluated options and chose SearchStax, using SearchStax Managed Solr to provide a dedicated Solr core and multi-index capability.

SearchStax implemented a high-availability Managed Solr cluster (Gold support for production plus single-node staging and development instances), enabling fast rollout and scalability. Using SearchStax Managed Solr IOP delivered an MVP search in two weeks with themed results, indexing of selected content types (including PDFs), faceted search, synonyms, spell-check and improved accessibility and performance—giving IOP a production-ready, scalable foundation for future growth.

Institute of Physics

Liz North

Head of Communications & Marketing