Hi thanks for the information.....
First: You say " 5.5 converts 2k3 sources, too (even w/o R2) " but I get an "Unable to obtain hardware information from the selected machine" error when Converter 5 trys to install the agent on the source server. (dont get this error with 4.3) Also the doc for versions 5 shows only R2 support:
Second: If 4.3 does not encrypt data by default then why is there a line in the xml file saying <!-- Remove the following node to disable SSL --> and also if you want to enable SSL in 4.3 then how do you "switch it on"
The 4.3 conversion performance I am getting is the same as what i was getting with version 5 before i switched off SSL