Does a database backup reduce size/increase free space of the log file?
1927
Why Does the Transaction Log Keep Growing or Run Out of Space?
103722
Shrink the database only up to its initial size which is set after creating database
134182
How can I optimize a mysqldump of a large database?
92481
Estimate Log File Size
101558
Disk space full but logical space available in database
50023
Restore bak file to smaller mdf and ldf database files
3805
How do I split the output from mysqldump into smaller files?
76585
Can I shrink the transaction log file on a mirror database?
15857
When is it OK to shrink a Database?
34613
How do I decrease the size of the page file?
125092
When you back up a database and scripts are running at the same time, at what point in time does the backup reflect?
61527
How to backup 20+TB of data?
155256
Delete query does not appear to open space on the SQL Server
27044
Will database replication increase the size of the replicated database?
156748
Shrinking sql databases - bad idea?
77021
is there a limit to the size of a SQLite database?
69135
How can I back up and replicate a large MySQL database?