OK, here's the output of the finished run of the chkdsk...
C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk /f /x /r /v e:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume dismounted. All opened handles to this volume are now invalid.
Volume label is RAID5.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
10240 file records processed.
File verification completed.
254 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
11020 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
391 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
125540264 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ...
10224 files processed.
File data verification completed.
Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...
1109708079 free clusters processed.
Free space verification is complete.
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.
5150577 MB total disk space.
834836956 KB in 9490 files.
2876 KB in 392 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
519475 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
4334797 MB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
1318547905 total allocation units on disk.
1109708079 allocation units available on disk.
going to fire up the lab now and see if I still get the crashes from disk issues.....