Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

So I have a specific database that won't release and shrink its log files. The DB backups are happening successfully, but I still have 4GB of logfiles (and no, this DB does not generate 4GB of log ...

Yes you did. Sharepoint backend is SQL. Run full backup of SQL databases. Keep the backups! Then in the SQL Management Studio shrink the log file sizes. They won't shrink by themselves. From then ...