To have a look at what's new in 9.6 see: <a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Newin96" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Newin96</a><p>Quick list of major features:<p>Parallel sequential scans, joins and aggregates<p>Elimination of repetitive scanning of old data by autovacuum<p>Synchronous replication now allows multiple standby servers for increased reliability<p>Full-text search for phrases<p>Support for remote joins, sorts, and updates in postgres_fdw<p>Substantial performance improvements, especially in the area of improving scalability on many-CPU servers