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Improved some wordings of the file README.md (#11510)
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siamaktavakoli committed Sep 16, 2021
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# Streaming and replication

Each Netdata is able to replicate/mirror its database to another Netdata, by streaming collected
metrics, in real-time to it. This is quite different to [data archiving to third party time-series
Each Netdata is able to replicate/mirror its database to another Netdata, by streaming the collected
metrics in real-time to it. This is quite different to [data archiving to third party time-series
databases](/exporting/README.md).

When Netdata streams metrics to another Netdata, the receiving one is able to perform everything a Netdata instance is
capable of:
capable of. This includes the following:

- Visualize metrics with a dashboard
- Run health checks that trigger alarms and send alarm notifications
- Export metrics to a external time-series database
- Export metrics to an external time-series database

The nodes that send metrics are called **child** nodes, and the nodes that receive metrics are called **parent** nodes.
There are also **proxies**, which collects metrics from a child and sends it to a parent.
There are also **proxy** nodes, which collects metrics from a child and sends it to a parent.

## Supported configurations

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