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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