Remove backends subsystem (#12146)

5 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/collectors/README.md b/collectors/README.md
index 863a7b0621..3b76e16243 100644
--- a/collectors/README.md
+++ b/collectors/README.md
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ our [collectors' configuration reference](/collectors/REFERENCE.md).
 **[Dashboards](/web/README.md)**: Visualize your newly-collect metrics in real-time using Netdata's [built-in
 dashboard](/web/gui/README.md). 
 
-**[Backends](/backends/README.md)**: Extend our built-in [database engine](/database/engine/README.md), which supports
-long-term metrics storage, by archiving metrics to like Graphite, Prometheus, MongoDB, TimescaleDB, and more.
-
-**[Exporting](/exporting/README.md)**: An experimental refactoring of our backends system with a modular system and
-support for exporting metrics to multiple systems simultaneously.
+**[Exporting](/exporting/README.md)**: Extend our built-in [database engine](/database/engine/README.md), which supports
+long-term metrics storage, by archiving metrics to external databases like Graphite, Prometheus, MongoDB, TimescaleDB, and more.
+It can export metrics to multiple databases simultaneously.
 
 
diff --git a/collectors/plugins.d/README.md b/collectors/plugins.d/README.md
index 033beaa4f9..ac838d21da 100644
--- a/collectors/plugins.d/README.md
+++ b/collectors/plugins.d/README.md
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ the template is:
 
 -   `options`
 
-    a space separated list of options, enclosed in quotes. 4 options are currently supported: `obsolete` to mark a chart as obsolete (Netdata will hide it and delete it after some time), `detail` to mark a chart as insignificant (this may be used by dashboards to make the charts smaller, or somehow visualize properly a less important chart), `store_first` to make Netdata store the first collected value, assuming there was an invisible previous value set to zero (this is used by statsd charts - if the first data collected value of incremental dimensions is not zero based, unrealistic spikes will appear with this option set) and `hidden` to perform all operations on a chart, but do not offer it on dashboards (the chart will be send to backends). `CHART` options have been added in Netdata v1.7 and the `hidden` option was added in 1.10.
+    a space separated list of options, enclosed in quotes. 4 options are currently supported: `obsolete` to mark a chart as obsolete (Netdata will hide it and delete it after some time), `detail` to mark a chart as insignificant (this may be used by dashboards to make the charts smaller, or somehow visualize properly a less important chart), `store_first` to make Netdata store the first collected value, assuming there was an invisible previous value set to zero (this is used by statsd charts - if the first data collected value of incremental dimensions is not zero based, unrealistic spikes will appear with this option set) and `hidden` to perform all operations on a chart, but do not offer it on dashboards (the chart will be send to external databases). `CHART` options have been added in Netdata v1.7 and the `hidden` option was added in 1.10.
 
 -   `plugin` and `module`
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ the template is:
     the `id` of this dimension (it is a text value, not numeric),
     this will be needed later to add values to the dimension
 
-    We suggest to avoid using `.` in dimension ids. Backends expect metrics to be `.` separated and people will get confused if a dimension id contains a dot.
+    We suggest to avoid using `.` in dimension ids. External databases expect metrics to be `.` separated and people will get confused if a dimension id contains a dot.
 
 -   `name`
 
diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/beanstalk/beanstalk.conf b/collectors/python.d.plugin/beanstalk/beanstalk.conf
index 7586ad26bf..6d9773a19a 100644
--- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/beanstalk/beanstalk.conf
+++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/beanstalk/beanstalk.conf
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 # When a plugin sends the obsolete flag, the charts are not deleted
 # from netdata immediately.
 # They will be hidden immediately (not offered to dashboard viewer,
-# streamed upstream and archived to backends) and deleted one hour
+# streamed upstream and archived to external databases) and deleted one hour
 # later (configurable from netdata.conf).
 # chart_cleanup: 10
 
diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/httpcheck/httpcheck.conf b/collectors/python.d.plugin/httpcheck/httpcheck.conf
index 95adba2705..3f33bf65cf 100644
--- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/httpcheck/httpcheck.conf
+++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/httpcheck/httpcheck.conf
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # A chart is marked as obsolete if it has not been updated
 # 'chart_cleanup' iterations in a row.
 # They will be hidden immediately (not offered to dashboard viewer,
-# streamed upstream and archived to backends) and deleted one hour
+# streamed upstream and archived to external databases) and deleted one hour
 # later (configurable from netdata.conf).
 # -- For this plugin, cleanup MUST be disabled, otherwise we lose response
 #    time charts
diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/portcheck/portcheck.conf b/collectors/python.d.plugin/portcheck/portcheck.conf
index df67824bda..2b32c00319 100644
--- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/portcheck/portcheck.conf
+++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/portcheck/portcheck.conf
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # A chart is marked as obsolete if it has not been updated
 # 'chart_cleanup' iterations in a row.
 # They will be hidden immediately (not offered to dashboard viewer,
-# streamed upstream and archived to backends) and deleted one hour
+# streamed upstream and archived to external databases) and deleted one hour
 # later (configurable from netdata.conf).
 # -- For this plugin, cleanup MUST be disabled, otherwise we lose latency chart
 chart_cleanup: 0