It's common to perform longevity testing at higher temperatures to simulate longer lifetimes, in account of nobody has decades of time to actually perform a 1x time test.

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HPsquared 15 hours ago | parent [-]

I wonder if "damp" modes of decay could still damage them though, which isn't captured in this style of testing. Like some wet chemical or biological process.

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jurgenburgen 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Mechanical decay would also damage them. I think it’s assumed that the media will be stored in a place protected from humidity, chemicals and hammers.

	▲	HPsquared 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes I suppose a strong casing can protect against all that, but not against temperature so that's the one thing they still need to test for.