Edge Computing System

A method (900) of traffic reduction in a mesh computing system (400) operably coupled to a central registry holding images, the mesh computing system (400) comprising hosts located on edge nodes of the mesh computing system (400) and configured to create containers from the images, the method comprising, at a first host located at a first edge node of the mesh computing system (400):

• receiving (920) a request from a client (455) for an image;
• sending (930) a request for the image to at least one other host of the mesh computing system (400);
• when the first host receives (940) notification that at least a second host holds the image, downloading (960) the image from the second host to the first host;
• when the first host does not receive (940) notification that at least a second host holds the image, downloading (950) the image from the central registry to the first host;
• and
• creating (970, 1160) a container from the image.