An apparatus for managing data in a network is provided. The apparatus includes a memory, and a processor configured to identify a first leader device and a second leader device in a swarm comprising a plurality of devices based device parameters, receive a request for downloading data, download, as the first leader device, the data from a content device in response to the request, store the downloaded data to the memory, transmit the data to the second leader device, and divide the swarm into a first sub swarm comprising the first leader device and a second sub swarm comprising the second leader device.