hello
I have grown for 30 years in the larger scale .there is. not a system I have not used. a lot we just made. the same thing is required for all systems. 12 minimum nutrient. ph and ec reasonable. it all about how you support the roots and the interactions with the solution . the main benefit to hydroponic is the control over the root zone. either growing plants in larger container than their drip line would allow or reducing planting media.
personally I have found that there is no need to use anything complicated. the exact same yields from a simple drip in
promix or even hand water ( with a wee bit more media ) NFT and dwc are mainly used to reduce media cost on a large scale and control over feed .. nft better for non heavy fruiting plants such as tomatoes. lettuce, and 4e like . dwc was introduced for the heavy fruiting plants such as tomatoes which will produce larger feeder roots with a high demand as well as having more physical water in case of pump failure . the NFT favours air roots.
KIS ( keep it simple )
the best thing I can recomend for the serious hydroponist( made that up ..I think lol ) is the
trifecta of books
hydroponic food production by dr Howard m resh
rockwool in horticulture by Dennis Smith
ABC of NFT by dr allan cooper .
last one very boring but the very basics of hydroponics .lettuce and tomatoes. 1977. they built and made everything as there was nothing for sale. lol