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Case Study: Enterprise B2B Migration

VanePump's
Drupal 7 to 10 Migration

Industrial hydraulics supplier upgraded platform with 250,000 products and Solr-powered search

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Industrial hydraulics powerhouse

VanePump is a certified Parker Hannifin distributor serving engineers across EMEA with 250,000+ technical products. Their platform handles high-traffic B2B operations with advanced search capabilities powered by Apache Solr.

Enterprise-scale Drupal migration

CodeLift executed a zero-downtime migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10, preserving SEO value, rebuilding the Solr search infrastructure, and implementing high-performance hosting to handle AI spider traffic.

Website Casestudy

Migration Approach

Migration API for 250K Products

Leveraged Drupal core Migration API to handle 250,000 products efficiently. Created a reduced developer database for faster iteration during development, ensuring all field structures were preserved.

High-Performance Infrastructure

Implemented enterprise-grade hosting with Memcache, Apache Solr, and Cloudflare CDN. Optimized specifically to handle aggressive AI spider traffic while maintaining sub-200ms page load times.

AI-Powered Search Rebuild

Used artificial intelligence to rewrite custom search code from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10. Manually rebuilt the Solr Search API integration to ensure optimal performance for B2B catalog searches.

SEO Preservation Strategy

Automated testing for URLs, redirects, and HTML SEO attributes ensured zero loss in search rankings. Every product page maintained its organic traffic value through the migration.

Phased Migration Approach

Kept Drupal 7 system running as fallback during initial weeks. Multiple rollback points allowed quick reversion when performance tuning was needed post-launch.

Enterprise Testing Protocol

Comprehensive QA including automated screenshot comparisons, form validation, and search functionality testing across the entire 250,000 product catalog.

Lightning-Fast B2B Platform Rebuild

VanePump's platform was rebuilt on Drupal 10+ with zero downtime—delivering ~200ms page loads with enterprise-grade performance. The migration preserved all 250,000 products with 100% data accuracy while maintaining SEO rankings. High-performance hosting with Memcache, Solr, and Cloudflare ensures the platform handles intense AI spider traffic without breaking a sweat.

Key metrics
  • ~200ms average page load time
  • 250,000 products migrated
  • 5-month project with 2 developers
  • Zero SEO rankings lost post-migration
  • Enterprise hosting handles AI spider traffic

Behind the Migration

Q&A with Niels - Founder of CodeLift

"VanePump presented unique challenges with its massive product catalog and high-traffic B2B operations. We tackled performance head-on by implementing enterprise hosting with Memcache and Cloudflare. The ability to maintain the Drupal 7 system as a fallback during the first weeks was crucial for ensuring a smooth transition."

Niels de Feyter, Founder of CodeLift
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