Update configuration manual to document size-related suffixes (#12777)

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Update configuration manual documentation to document size-related suffixes.

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For example, setting `redaction_retention_period: 5m` would remove redacted
messages from the database after 5 minutes, rather than 5 months.
In addition, configuration options referring to size use the following suffixes:
* `M` = MiB, or 1,048,576 bytes
* `K` = KiB, or 1024 bytes
For example, setting `max_avatar_size: 10M` means that Synapse will not accept files larger than 10,485,760 bytes
for a user avatar.
### YAML
The configuration file is a [YAML](https://yaml.org/) file, which means that certain syntax rules
apply if you want your config file to be read properly. A few helpful things to know: