Methods and systems for storing a set of two or more variable length data blocks in a memory. Each variable length data block having a maximum size of N*B, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to two, and B is a maximum data size that can be written to the memory using a single memory access request. The methods include: storing, for each variable length data block of the set, the first P non-overlapping portions of size B of the variable length data block in a chunk of the memory allocated to that the variable length data block, wherein P is a minimum of (i) a number of non-overlapping portions of size B of the variable length data block and (ii) X which is an integer less than N; storing any remaining portions of the variable length data blocks in a remainder section of the memory that is shared between the variable length data blocks of the set; and storing, in a header section of the memory, information indicating the size of each of the variable length data blocks in the set.