Method, system, apparatus and computer program product for memory management. In one embodiment the method includes: configuring a first memory including allocating at least one node; and defining a status including: defining a class list, wherein each node is capable of storing a class instance corresponding to a class selected from said class list; and defining a node list to identify an allocation status of each node including an available status, and an allocated status; receiving an allocation request including a class identifier, responding to the allocation request with a node identifier representing said available node and updating the available node allocation status; otherwise responding with a failure indication; and receiving a deallocation request and responding to said deallocation request by updating the allocation status to the available status. A system, router, computer program and computer program product are also disclosed.