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Summary by Sourcery

This pull request updates the documentation for the database and exporting metrics features. It clarifies the different database modes and their use cases, and it emphasizes Netdata's native long-term retention capabilities and the role of exporters in integrating with other observability tools.

Enhancements:

• Updated the database documentation to better describe the dbengine, ram, and none modes, including use cases for each.
• Updated the exporting metrics documentation to clarify Netdata's native long-term retention capabilities and the role of exporters in integrating with other observability tools.

Documentation:

• Improved the database documentation to highlight the performance and storage efficiency of the dbengine mode.
• Clarified the purpose of the ram mode, emphasizing its suitability for IoT devices and child nodes streaming metrics to Netdata parents.
• Refined the exporting metrics documentation to emphasize Netdata's native long-term retention and the role of exporters for integration with other tools.

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Reviewer's Guide by Sourcery

This pull request updates the documentation for the database and exporting metrics features. It clarifies the use cases for different database modes and emphasizes Netdata's native long-term retention capabilities. The exporting metrics documentation was updated to reflect the role of exporters in integrating with other tools.

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File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Updated the description of database modes in the README.md file to provide more clarity on their use cases and capabilities.	Revised the description of dbengine mode to highlight its storage efficiency and query speed. Clarified the use case for ram mode, emphasizing its suitability for IoT devices and child nodes streaming metrics to Netdata parents. Removed the section detailing the optimization of dbengine mode for long-term data retention and parent nodes. Removed the suggestion to use ram mode for resource-constrained environments, particularly child nodes.	src/database/README.md
Modified the introduction of the exporting metrics documentation to emphasize Netdata's native long-term retention capabilities and the role of exporters for integration with other tools.	Replaced the initial paragraph describing Netdata's exporting engine with a statement about Netdata's native long-term retention. Introduced the concept of exporters for copying metrics to third-party time-series databases. Removed the paragraph about exporting being an important part of Netdata's interoperability efforts. Minor grammatical changes.	docs/exporting-metrics/README.md

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