Intelligent computer memory management

1. A method for managing computer memory, the method comprising:

initializing a plurality of memory allocators within a computing system, wherein at least a first memory allocator and a second memory allocator in the plurality of memory allocators are each customizable to efficiently handle a set of different memory request size distributions, wherein to efficiently handle memory request size distributions comprises special free lists tailored to store free blocks of a plurality of particular sizes of the memory request size distributions, the free blocks are allocated from the special free lists to handle memory requests;

customizing the first memory allocator to efficiently handle a first memory request size distribution;

customizing the second memory allocator to efficiently handle a second memory request size distribution, the second memory request size distribution being different than the first memory request size distribution;

deploying the plurality of memory allocators on a multi-user system where users are charged a monetary fee based on consumption of resources thereby;

determining, by the plurality of memory allocators, consumption of at least one of a set of memory resources and a set of persistent storage resources by a user;

determining, by the plurality of memory allocators, a cost associated with the consumption that has been determined; and

determining a monetary fee to charge the user based on the cost that has been determined.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: restricting at least one of a number of memory resources and a number of persistent storage resources available to the user based on the cost that has been determined.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a cost further comprises: assigning the cost based on a time period when the consumption occurred.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a cost further comprises: assigning the cost based on whether the user is above or below a consumption threshold.

5. A method for managing computer memory, the method comprising:

initializing a plurality of memory allocators within a multi-user computing system, wherein at least a first memory allocator and a second memory allocator in the plurality of memory allocators are each customized to efficiently handle a first and a second set of memory request size distributions, respectively, of main memory, wherein to efficiently handle memory request size distributions comprises special free lists tailored to store free blocks of a plurality of particular sizes of the memory request size distributions, the free blocks are allocated from the special free lists to handle memory requests;

deploying at least one memory allocator of the first memory allocator and the second memory allocator in support of at least one application's use of main memory in the multi-user computing system, where users of the at least one application are charged a monetary fee based on consumption of memory resources by the at least one application's use of main memory in the multi-user computing system;

determining, by the at least one memory allocator, a consumption of at least one of a set of memory resources by a user of the at least one application on the multi-user computing system;

determining, by the at least one memory allocator, a cost associated with the consumption that has been determined; and

determining a monetary fee to charge the user based on the cost that has been determined.