Replaces use of time.Sleep with time.Ticker in echovault and echovaul…

…t tests

echovault/api_admin_test.go

@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ func TestEchoVault_CommandCount(t *testing.T) {
 func TestEchoVault_Save(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := DefaultConfig()
 	conf.DataDir = path.Join(".", "testdata", "data")
+	conf.EvictionPolicy = constants.NoEviction
 	server := createEchoVaultWithConfig(conf)
 
 	tests := []struct {

echovault/echovault.go

@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ func NewEchoVault(options ...func(echovault *EchoVault)) (*EchoVault, error) {
 	// If eviction policy is not noeviction, start a goroutine to evict keys every 100 milliseconds.
 	if echovault.config.EvictionPolicy != constants.NoEviction {
 		go func() {
-			for {
-				<-time.After(echovault.config.EvictionInterval)
+			ticker := time.NewTicker(echovault.config.EvictionInterval)
+			for _ = range ticker.C {
 				if err := echovault.evictKeysWithExpiredTTL(context.Background()); err != nil {
-					log.Println(err)
+					log.Printf("evict with ttl: %v\n", err)
 				}
 			}
 		}()

echovault/echovault_test.go

@@ -275,7 +275,12 @@ func Test_Cluster(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// <-time.After(3 * time.Second) // Yield
+		// Yield
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(200 * time.Millisecond)
+		defer func() {
+			ticker.Stop()
+		}()
+		<-ticker.C
 
 		// Check if the data has been replicated on a quorum (majority of the cluster).
 		quorum := int(math.Ceil(float64(len(nodes)/2)) + 1)
@@ -318,7 +323,12 @@ func Test_Cluster(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// <-time.After(3 * time.Second) // Yield
+		// Yield
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(200 * time.Millisecond)
+		defer func() {
+			ticker.Stop()
+		}()
+		<-ticker.C
 
 		// Check if the data has been replicated on a quorum (majority of the cluster).
 		quorum := int(math.Ceil(float64(len(nodes)/2)) + 1)
@@ -410,7 +420,12 @@ func Test_Cluster(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// <-time.After(3 * time.Second) // Yield
+		// Yield
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(200 * time.Millisecond)
+		defer func() {
+			ticker.Stop()
+		}()
+		<-ticker.C
 
 		// Check if the data has been replicated on a quorum (majority of the cluster).
 		quorum := int(math.Ceil(float64(len(nodes)/2)) + 1)
@@ -497,7 +512,11 @@ func Test_Cluster(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		<-time.After(3 * time.Second) // Yield.
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
+		defer func() {
+			ticker.Stop()
+		}()
+		<-ticker.C
 
 		// Check if the data has been replicated on a quorum (majority of the cluster).
 		var forwardError error

echovault/test_helpers.go

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"github.com/echovault/echovault/internal"
 	"github.com/echovault/echovault/internal/config"
+	"github.com/echovault/echovault/internal/constants"
 )
 
 func createEchoVault() *EchoVault {
 	ev, _ := NewEchoVault(
 		WithConfig(config.Config{
-			DataDir: "",
+			DataDir:        "",
+			EvictionPolicy: constants.NoEviction,
 		}),
 	)
 	return ev

internal/utils.go

@@ -447,8 +447,13 @@ func GetConnection(addr string, port int) (net.Conn, error) {
 		done <- struct{}{}
 	}()
 
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
+	defer func() {
+		ticker.Stop()
+	}()
+
 	select {
-	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+	case <-ticker.C:
 		return nil, errors.New("connection timeout")
 	case <-done:
 		return conn, err
@@ -472,8 +477,13 @@ func GetTLSConnection(addr string, port int, config *tls.Config) (net.Conn, erro
 		done <- struct{}{}
 	}()
 
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
+	defer func() {
+		ticker.Stop()
+	}()
+
 	select {
-	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+	case <-ticker.C:
 		return nil, errors.New("connection timeout")
 	case <-done:
 		return conn, err