Nearline Storage Addon

Hi Experts,
like written on following documentation on page 33 (F Setup) I need a ABAP-based ADDon for SAP Netweaver. We use NetApp Nearline Storage Systems. Where can i get this Addon?
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/90836e30-1582-2910-03a6-86671428d994&overridelayout=true
As default i have like in help documentation described only two classes available:
CL_RSDA_DB6_CONNECTION
CL_RSDA_SDB_CONNECTION
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_tm70/helpdata/en/46/7aa4d824cb0e9ce10000000a155369/content.htm
I guess i need another class for NetApp, but don't know how to create or where i can get the ADDon
Can anyone help me?
Thank you
Best regards
Martin Schmitt

1) Do we need to do any other additional afforts for Near-line storage?
(For this 100 percent we need to buy ceartified license 3rd party tools like PBS SAND..etc)
2) Is archived data available for reporting with out any intervention of Third part tools?
(If it is ADK archiving,then you need to load the data in cubes before check the reprots,if it is NLS ,you can check the data normally with out any loading)
3) Is SAP supports accessing the archived data with out any third part software?
(Normal SAP ADK Only),but you need to load data when on required

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