System and method to offload point to multipoint transmissions

A method comprising:

• during a configuration of a offload device, assigning, by the offload device, each of multiple subscriber devices to a single virtual disk;
• receiving, by the offload device, a packet transmission from a publisher device, wherein multiple subscriber devices are associated with the publisher device;
• translating a topic address of the packet transmission to multiple destination addresses;
• sending the packet transmission to each of the subscriber devices in the single virtual disk, wherein each of the subscriber devices is associated with a corresponding destination address of the multiple destination address;
• receiving a corresponding one of different acknowledgements from the each of the subscriber devices;
• combining the different acknowledgements into a single composite completion message;
• and
• sending the single composite completion message to the publisher device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including code that when executed performs a method, the method comprising:

• during a configuration of a offload device, assigning, by the offload device, each of multiple subscriber devices to a single virtual disk;
• receiving a packet transmission from a publisher device associated with multiple subscriber devices;
• translating a topic address of the packet transmission to multiple destination addresses;
• sending the packet transmission to each of the subscriber devices in the single virtual disk, wherein each of the subscriber devices is associated with a corresponding one of the destination address;
• receiving a corresponding one of different acknowledgements from the each of the subscriber devices;
• combining the different acknowledgements into a single composite completion message;
• and
• sending the single composite completion message to the publisher device.