1. A memory appliance system comprising: a memory unit comprising a plurality of memory devices storing a reconfigurable memory structure, said reconfigurable memory structure comprising a plurality of variably sized containers that comprise: metadata; relationship information comprising a link that associates a corresponding container with one or more other containers stored in said plurality of memory devices; and a payload; and a memory unit controller communicably coupled to the plurality of memory devices, wherein said memory unit controller is data structure aware such that said memory unit controller is configured to comprehend the relationship information comprising the link and the metadata to traverse said reconfigurable memory structure and to perform operations on the link to reconfigure said reconfigurable memory structure.