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NFS : historically insecure by default. Don't know about Kerberos making it secure but Kerberos does not look easy to configure.
sshfs : probably most easy to setup. Can be confusing with ownership and permissions sometimes.
Samba : solid but has a learning curve, even for a simple setup. For example, for a standalone Samba server omitting the Active Directory part, you need to know that in order to create a Samba user you must first have created a local user with the same username.
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Standalone_Server
And the worst option if you have Windows clients.
I am wondering if someone can recommend any libre sshfs client for windows7+ preferably that could be installed as a portable app ?
SSHFS is a client not a server. If you want to access SFTP / SSH “shares” from Windows WinSCP and Cyberduck are good options.