Model Testcase that is slow

TestCase.php

<?php
/**
 * @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
 */
class Unittest_Model_TestCase extends Unittest_Database_TestCase {

    // Set the Unit Test database connection for our ORM calls
    public static function setUpBeforeClass()
    {
        Database::$default = Kohana::$config->load('unittest.db_connection');
    }

    /**
     * @var  string  Database connection used by Database_Testcase
     */
    protected $_database_connection = 'test';

    protected function getDataSet()
    {
        return new Unittest_DBUnit_ArrayDataSet(Kohana::load(Kohana::find_file('tests', 'dataset')));
    }

    public function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp();

        Request_Client_External::$client = 'Request_Client_Curl';

        Kohana::$base_url = 'http://dev.verbate.co/';

        $_SERVER['argv'] = NULL;
    }

} // End Unittest_DBUnit_TestCase
/**
 * @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
 */