In my SE/30, I am currently using an R-IDSC-E SCSI to IDE converter purchased off ebay, which is still for sale for ~$35.
http://cgi.ebay.com/IDE-40pin-to-SCSI-50pin-Bridge-Adapter-Amiga-MAC-PC-NEW_W0QQitemZ280448840241QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item414c0db231#ht_500wt_991
I'm also using an IDE-CF adapter available on ebay for ~$5.
http://cgi.ebay.com/IDE-to-CF-Compact-Flash-Hard-Drive-w-Rear-Panel-USA-sh_W0QQitemZ390141108008QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad638df28#ht_1939wt_751
The mounting plate unscrews, and I just have the bare card plugged directly into the r-idsc-e scsi-ide converter, no extra cables.
I'm currently using a $20 Kingston 133x 8GB CF card from buy.com, which works fine for my purposes, but I would recommend something higher end for your requirements. As for speed, I have no benchmarks and you've provided no benchmarks to compare against your drive so I can't help in that department.
LEM has some benchmarks: http://lowendmac.com/benchmarks/se30.shtml
And according to the wikipedia article on CF speeds, almost any CF card you buy today will be able to max out the SE/30's SCSI bus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompactFlash The higher end cards will be more likely to sustain those speeds without the wear leveling causing stalls. Since CF is parallel IDE, the IDE-CF adapter is straight through connections and won't slow performance. The R-IDSC-E adapter seems to be able to max out SCSI-2 speeds, so I don't think that'll be an issue either.
However, mounting it is the downfall with this approach IMO. The R-IDSC-E SCSI-IDE converter is a bare board, as is the IDE-CF adapter which makes mounting in a metal case awkward. I kind of hacked it together with a plastic 3.5" drive sled from a 6200, and mounted that into the SE/30. I wouldn't recommend doing what I did, so unfortunately you're on your own here.
http://cgi.ebay.com/IDE-40pin-to-SCSI-50pin-Bridge-Adapter-Amiga-MAC-PC-NEW_W0QQitemZ280448840241QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item414c0db231#ht_500wt_991
I'm also using an IDE-CF adapter available on ebay for ~$5.
http://cgi.ebay.com/IDE-to-CF-Compact-Flash-Hard-Drive-w-Rear-Panel-USA-sh_W0QQitemZ390141108008QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad638df28#ht_1939wt_751
The mounting plate unscrews, and I just have the bare card plugged directly into the r-idsc-e scsi-ide converter, no extra cables.
I'm currently using a $20 Kingston 133x 8GB CF card from buy.com, which works fine for my purposes, but I would recommend something higher end for your requirements. As for speed, I have no benchmarks and you've provided no benchmarks to compare against your drive so I can't help in that department.
LEM has some benchmarks: http://lowendmac.com/benchmarks/se30.shtml
And according to the wikipedia article on CF speeds, almost any CF card you buy today will be able to max out the SE/30's SCSI bus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompactFlash The higher end cards will be more likely to sustain those speeds without the wear leveling causing stalls. Since CF is parallel IDE, the IDE-CF adapter is straight through connections and won't slow performance. The R-IDSC-E adapter seems to be able to max out SCSI-2 speeds, so I don't think that'll be an issue either.
However, mounting it is the downfall with this approach IMO. The R-IDSC-E SCSI-IDE converter is a bare board, as is the IDE-CF adapter which makes mounting in a metal case awkward. I kind of hacked it together with a plastic 3.5" drive sled from a 6200, and mounted that into the SE/30. I wouldn't recommend doing what I did, so unfortunately you're on your own here.