SharePoint 2010 content database size issues alldocs streams

HI All,
We are planning to do migration from sharepoint 2010 to sharepoint 2013. our database team identified that "all docs streams" and "audit log table" using almost 300 gig
we dropped "audit log" table today almost 100 gig
but still "all doc streams" table size is almost 147 gig
how to handle this situation before migration?
do I need to migrate as it is or do I need to work on "all doc streams" table
hot to handle database size
which way you recommend ? what are the best practices
please see database table size
can any one please send me step by step implementation?
Thanks,
kumar
kkm

First off, touching SharePoint database tables is completely unsupported.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841057
You shouldn't be making changes within the database at all and you're putting yourself out of support by doing so.
AllDocStreams is your data. You need to have users clean up data, or move Site Collections to new Content Databases if you feel you need to reduce the size of the table itself.
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