docs/Quick-Start.md: mention that vmagent can be used instead of Prometheus in most cases

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See [these instructions](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/43) in order to configure VictoriaMetrics as OS service.
It is recommended setting up [VictoriaMetrics monitoring](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/README.md#monitoring).
3. Configure all the Prometheus instances to write data to VictoriaMetrics.
See [these instructions](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/wiki/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics#prometheus-setup).
3. Configure [vmagent](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/app/vmagent/README.md) or Prometheus to write data to VictoriaMetrics.
It is recommended to use `vmagent` instead of Prometheus, since it is more resource efficient. If you still prefer Prometheus, then
see [these instructions](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/wiki/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics#prometheus-setup)
for details on how to configure Prometheus.
4. Configure Grafana to query VictoriaMetrics instead of Prometheus.
See [these instructions](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/wiki/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics#grafana-setup).