Pig AvroStorage with snappy compression does not work on CentOS 5.
Problem:Snappy does not work on CenotOS 5 (x86_64) configurations:
libstdc++-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1
glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.7
Workaround: Snappy Java provides a workaround here.
For Beta, the pig-0.11.2.2.0.5.0-67.tar.gz file installs Pig 0.11.1. This discrepancy is scheduled to be resolved in GA.