Back to not saving the test directory for each test. Ensure that the server isn't started multiple times. Increased the timeout to see if the server is alive. Only do a ping test once against the server. If that fails then   all successive tests should also fail.
Back to not saving the test directory for each test.
Ensure that the server isn't started multiple times.
Increased the timeout to see if the server is alive.
Only do a ping test once against the server. If that fails then
  all successive tests should also fail.

uogbuji/akara