The original collector's queue is designed to pass through one span at a time. While we can extend it to pass OTLP batches as an alternative (per the parent issue), the sizing of the queue will become misleading, counting spans vs. batches depending on the data type. An easier option is to introduce another queue with its own settings to use it for OTLP data payloads.

This can be done using OTEL's exporterhelper that implements the queue and concurrent processors.