Since data objects can be stored in remote storage devices, should I remember the path names or location information of my data object?
No. SRB along with MCAT relieves you of the necessity to remember physical locational details for your data object. For each data object, MCAT stores all the physical details abouts its location (and indeed about locations, since a data object can be replicated) and details about access mechanisms that are needed to open that location.
