"The Mountain" from Game of Thrones sets world record by deadlifting 996 pounds of SSDs

Hafþór Björnsson deadlifts 996 lbs of Phison SSDs, breaking a data deadlift record.

: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, known for his role in Game of Thrones as "The Mountain," set a record by deadlifting 996 pounds of Phison SSDs at the SC24 conference in Atlanta. This extraordinary feat involved lifting 282.624 petabytes of storage made up of Phison's 122.88TB SSDs. The event - organized by Phison and Vdura - highlighted the engineering excellence of Gen5 NVMe drives, capable of formidable performance figures.

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, recognized as "The Mountain" from Game of Thrones, achieved a remarkable milestone by deadlifting 996 pounds of Phison SSDs, comprising a total of 282.624 petabytes of storage, at the SC24 conference in Atlanta. This event marked a new "deadlift of data" record, capturing the audience with the sheer volume of storage lifted.

The deadlift was engineered through a partnership between Phison and Vdura, intended to demonstrate both raw physical strength and the advanced technology behind Phison's Pascari D205V PCIe Gen5 SSDs. These next-generation drives are particularly noted for their massive capacity and performance speeds, making them some of the fastest enterprise-grade SSDs available.

While Björnsson had previously set a lifting record of 1,104 pounds in 2020, this event underscored a different kind of achievement by spotlighting the engineering marvels of Phison's SSDs. With sequential read speeds reaching 14,600 MB/s and a remarkable random read performance, the event successfully drew attention to Phison and Vdura's operational capacities.

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