Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> writes:
> I see that pgsql_tmp/ contains files, looks like clustered table.
> What postmaster is doing if disk usage doesn't changed ?

Most likely doing a disk-based merge sort ...

			regards, tom lane

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