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Maybe the array is initializing.
Raid5 and others need a looong time to initialize, this is like if the controller needs to write some stuff (raid controller things) to the whole 645GB and it will take some hours.
Raid0 and mirror normally don't need this, thats why they are created in just seconds.
To make it "less annoying" (since you cant use the array while its initializing) a lot of controllers have something called background initialization. This will make the array available to use immediately but the disk will take longer to initialize (you will notice the array will be slower while its initialized)
Hope this helps 
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