The Top Layer IDS Balancer family of products are the only balancers optimized specifically for overcoming IDS performance issues. The IDS Balancer maximizes the effectiveness, availability, and performance of your IDS solution, and addresses specific deployment issues these devices face in several environments. The IDS Balancer is a dedicated security appliance that provides simultaneous monitoring of multiple network segments at a full range of network speeds up to multi-Gigabit configurations.