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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Arun Kwangil Iyengar, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An information processing system, computer readable storage medium, and a method for managing computer memory. The method includes deploying at least one memory allocator on a computing system which includes a multi-user computing system or a cloud computing system; dynamically allocating, by the at least one memory allocator, an amount of dynamically allocated memory for use by an executing program at runtime; and determining a cost to charge a user based on the amount of memory that has been allocated. Multiple billing methods can be used including: restricting the amount of dynamically allocated memory available to the user based on how much the user is paying; charging the user a fee which grows with an amount of dynamically allocated memory consumed; charging the user higher fees during higher periods of dynamically allocated memory usage; and charging the user a low fee for maintaining dynamically allocated memory usage below a threshold.