Search Index
The Search Index addon for freistilbox is based on Apache Solr, an open-source search platform built on Apache Lucene.
What is Apache Solr?
Apache Solr is a search engine your Drupal or WordPress site can use instead of searching the database directly. Both CMSes have mature Solr integration, and the Drupal Search API module in particular was built with Solr as its primary backend.
Why not just use database search?
The default database search works for small sites. As your content grows, it becomes a problem: every search query hits MySQL, adding load that competes with normal page requests. On a busy site, complex search queries can block other database work entirely.
Solr keeps a separate index of your content, built for search rather than relational queries. Searches hit that index, not MySQL. It also handles things database search struggles with: fuzzy matching, relevance scoring, and faceted filtering by content type or taxonomy term.
Ready to add the Search Index to your cluster? See our pricing overview or get in touch to discuss the right setup for your sites.