Broadcasts—The Hidden Performance Killer
The effects of broadcast overhead on the performance of local area networks are often underestimated. In some cases, SAP installations suffer unacceptable network performance, despite being equipped with the latest high-speed interconnect technology. A possible reason is the consumption of network bandwidth and CPU resources by unnecessary broadcast overhead.
Broadcasts are essential parts of any local area network technology with roots from a shared media approach. They are necessary to distribute information about available services, discover data paths to other computers, and so on. Prominent examples from the IP family are the address resolution protocol (ARP), which is used to discover the physical ...
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