Improved some wordings of the file README.md (#11510)
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# Streaming and replication
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-Each Netdata is able to replicate/mirror its database to another Netdata, by streaming collected
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-metrics, in real-time to it. This is quite different to [data archiving to third party time-series
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+Each Netdata is able to replicate/mirror its database to another Netdata, by streaming the collected
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+metrics in real-time to it. This is quite different to [data archiving to third party time-series
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databases](/exporting/README.md).
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When Netdata streams metrics to another Netdata, the receiving one is able to perform everything a Netdata instance is
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-capable of:
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+capable of. This includes the following:
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- Visualize metrics with a dashboard
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- Run health checks that trigger alarms and send alarm notifications
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-- Export metrics to a external time-series database
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+- Export metrics to an external time-series database
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The nodes that send metrics are called **child** nodes, and the nodes that receive metrics are called **parent** nodes.
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-There are also **proxies**, which collects metrics from a child and sends it to a parent.
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+There are also **proxy** nodes, which collects metrics from a child and sends it to a parent.
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## Supported configurations
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