Dual Redundancy / raid-6 on OS 6

So I have am serveral days into the process of getting a dual redundant OS 6 nas.

Really, there has got to be a better way than this;

assuming starting with a new clean nas,
- update to latest firmware
- factory default with the number of drives you intend to use, minus 1 (ie 6 drive dual redundancy, start with 5 drives)
- wait ~2 days for xraid2/raid5 volume to become redundant
- totally un-intuitively disable x-raid mode (don't panic it can be re-enabled later)
- insert last drive, it will add a new volume, dont panic
- delete newly created volume
- click the redundant main volume
- click add parity
- wait 250+ hours (7 to 10 days) for volume to restripe to dual redundancy, and this is speed with an otherwise COMPLETELY IDLE array.
- re-enable x-raid mode (so if you upgrade drives the volume will automatically expand as it is able)

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Skywalker wrote:
TeknoJnky wrote: So do any of the newer revisions of os6 allow for expansion conversion from single to dual redundancy? (like how os 4 does) Yes, just un-tick X-RAID; add your new disk; then click on the new disk and you should see a "Add Parity" button. After that you can re-tick the X-RAID button.

TeknoJnky wrote:
Good info, thanks Skywalker! Do you know if there are any plans to enable dual redundancy from factory default/raidar?

Skywalker wrote:
No, I don't believe so, since you can delete and create volumes from the web UI without rebooting now, and switch between X-RAID and Flex-RAID mode.

While being able to add/remove volumes without rebooting is nice, having to wait 2 weeks to get use dual redundancy is more than a little ridiculous.

We really really really need to be able to create dual redundant volumes from factory default (just like raidiator 4.x).

Also, this process should also be documented and made readily apparent from the OS 6.