I don't recall seeing this error message reported before. When the error message says "your host machine" does it refer to your workstation? If so have you tried another workstation (running a different OS or OS version if possible)?
James Chan wrote on Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 17:40:26 -0700: > I have some very very large checkouts. > 50GB. > > with neon the checkout works fine. > > with serf I get. > > svn: E730053: Error retrieving REPORT (730053): An established connection > was ab > orted by the software in your host machine. > > This happens with both tortoiseSVN and the command line clients. > > It happens when about 20GB's of data has been downloaded. > > Anyone else see this? > > -- > James