Originally Posted by
nkedel
There are plenty of USB-to-network bridges (or routers capable of doing the same) and some of them work pretty well; the performance on the USB2 ones was underwhelming, but enough to keep up with most Wifi -- I haven't looked at USB3 ones to see what's out there but in principle USB3 is limited by the disk inside unless you go SSD.
Some people like computers. Other people like women, friends and leaving their house to be social. Suggesting to people that they build their own linux server is silly. Had the person that much knowledge already, they wouldn't be asking the question here.
As for all of your points about USB, you're still missing things. USB is not NAS. The guy is asking about NAS. Talking about USB is like discussing your favorite toaster when someone asks about a car. There are plenty of NAS units out there that will do RAID built in and you don't have to stay home in your mother's basement on Friday night figuring out how to setup your server.