# Virtual Machines Running Clients from 'Toasters' - Safety Concerns

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-machines-running-clients-from-toasters-safety-concerns/26023>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 21, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-machines-running-clients-from-toasters-safety-concerns/26023 "2019-06-21T18:15:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/virtual-machines-running-clients-from-toasters-safety-concerns/26023/9 "2020-05-11T01:57:12Z")

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> [@dion.botha](#):
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> I am concerned about Ignition V8 only supporting 64-bit OSs…

V8 _can_ be run on 32bit OS', however it's a process to get it to.

[https://support.inductiveautomation.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/127/0/ignition-8-32-bit-vision-clients](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/127/0/ignition-8-32-bit-vision-clients)

And a relevant topic:

> [@Version 8 32-bit vision clients](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/version-8-32-bit-vision-clients/24658/16):
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> I know you said this is semi-supported… So what are the steps we need to do to get an ignition 8 Vision client running on a 32bit machine.

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