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 # Configuration
 
-Configuration is implemented using a single json document that is distributed over network.
+Configuration is implemented using a single json document that is distributed over networkand may be persisted as file.
 Granularity can be either `node`, or `core`. Frequency can be set on a per measurement basis.
 Supported metrics are documented [here](https://github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-specifications/blob/master/metrics/lineprotocol.md).