performance LDAP

[Lex Wouda]

Hi,
we have a java-agent running in our Domino server; this agent makes an LDAPConnection to retreive some address data from a lotus database, however the performance is rather bad.
Is it true when I use a servlet instead of the agent, that performance improves? As each instance of a servlet has it�s own thread (is that correct said?)?
And if not: is there some other way to improve performance?
the app is for about 130K + people, so I need some heavy performance tips here.
TIA,
Lex