[DOCS] Clarify enabling monitoring features (#61758)

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Lisa Cawley 2020-08-31 13:14:33 -07:00 committed by lcawl
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Learn more about <<configuring-metricbeat>>. Learn more about <<configuring-metricbeat>>.
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If you enable the Elastic {monitor-features} in your cluster, you can This method for collecting metrics about {es} involves sending the metrics to
optionally collect metrics about {es}. By default, monitoring is enabled but the monitoring cluster by using exporters. For the recommended method, see <<configuring-metricbeat>>.
data collection is disabled.
This method involves sending the metrics to the monitoring cluster by using
exporters. For the recommended method, see <<configuring-metricbeat>>.
Advanced monitoring settings enable you to control how frequently data is Advanced monitoring settings enable you to control how frequently data is
collected, configure timeouts, and set the retention period for locally-stored collected, configure timeouts, and set the retention period for locally-stored