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  2. DOCS-12494

Clarify maxSize for shard config is for balancer

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      Clarify some sentences in:

      https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/manage-sharded-cluster-balancer/#change-the-maximum-storage-size-for-a-given-shard

      to make sure that maxSize it's not to be confused with maximum size for shard storage size but a limit size for the balancer to not migrate chunks to the shard.
      Some of misleading sentences such as: 

      By default shards have no constraints in storage size. However, you can set a maximum storage size for a given shard in the sharded cluster.

      By default, maxSize is not specified, allowing shards to consume the total amount of available space on their machines if necessary.

      The following command run in the mongo shell adds a shard with a maximum size of 125 megabytes:

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            wan.bachtiar@mongodb.com Wan Bachtiar
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