If you're ever going to return to the project you're archiving, don't count on the database. It saves all of your projects together in a big file that isn't meant to be moved around, and is vulnerable to corruption. Resolve's normal way of saving is database-driven (disk databases by default, now, but postgresql is necessary for advanced features). DRP project file and save it next to your archived media. It may be years before you return to it, so you want to be sure it's in working order before you put it in cold storage.
Re-Link your project to the archived material, and make sure everything works. 
If something in your project is living in your "Downloads" folder by mistake, it'll eventually go missing.
You want to be sure that when you delete the originals, your timelines can find all of the archive material they need, without accidentally pointing at things you're about to erase. An easy way to be sure is to keep your original media on an external hard drive, and eject the hard drive for this step. It can be tricky to do this if your projects aren't organized.
Take the original media (but not the archived media) offline. Use the Media Management tool to render out whatever clips/timelines/projects you want to trim. That is, don't just export it, and trash all of your originals before you make sure you can re-link your project. READ THE MANUAL, and BE SURE you test your Media Management workflow, COMPLETELY before you destroy any of your media. This can be done from within DaVinci Resolve, but doing it in your NLE further. Some of them are contingent on the TYPE of footage you're using whether it's intra- or inter-frame. Normal procedure would be to import both videos in the media pool, insert them into a sequence, set in & put points and render them on the delivery page. Automatically Importing All Offline Timeline Clips Into the Media Pool. There's also options for transcoding, if e.g., you wanted a smaller footprint for old projects, but it also comes in handy for generating proxy media.Ī big word of caution, though: Not all of the features in the Media Management panel work like you might expect (the automatic re-linking comes to mind). You can also add "handles" if you want, which means that Resolve will save an extra second or so (user definable) to the beginning and end of all clips, so you have wiggle room in case you need to make changes later. You can go clip-by-clip, do a whole timeline at once, or archive a whole project once you've finished editing it, and keep only the footage you used. 
It's in the Media Management tool, under the file menu.
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