zlacker

Pretty much the same setup we run at the university I work for, though for the whole department instead of just one cluster. Combination ZFS exporting shares with it's built in server and controlling autofs mounts from FreeIPA makes it a pretty easy to use system.

Out of curiosity, did you ever try Kereberized NFS for extra security? We tested it out a while back (and still use it in some small circumstances) but never got it stable enough for production use.

Side-note: I wouldn't be surprised if LDAP+NFS is still pretty common across universities, either as a holdover from Sun days or just out of practicality.

>>stryan+(OP)
We (well, the IT group at a previous job) used kerberized NFS with Ubuntu (16.04 and 18.04 IIRC) and netapp filers, worked fine.

> Side-note: I wouldn't be surprised if LDAP+NFS is still pretty common across universities, either as a holdover from Sun days or just out of practicality.

Yes, absolutely. Most large enterprises, be it universities or big companies, have some kind of centralized directory (nowadays probably Microsoft AD), and machines (servers and end user clients) are then configured to lookup user and group info from there.