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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Gast Randall T   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 3PAR Inc. [PAR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP, Corporate Operations (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O 3PAR INC., 4209 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/27/2010 (Street) FREMONT, CA 94538 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Right to Buy (Common Stock)

$ 9.89

09/27/2010

09/27/2010

D

30,000

05/12/2011

05/12/2020

Common Stock

30,000

(1)

0

D

Right to Buy (Common Stock)

$ 9.36

09/27/2010

09/27/2010

D

40,000

06/01/2010

06/01/2019

Common Stock

40,000

(2)

0

D

Right to Buy (Common Stock)

$ 8.96

09/27/2010

09/27/2010

D

35,000

08/05/2009

08/05/2018

Common Stock

35,000

(3)

0

D

Right to Buy (Common Stock)

$ 3.44

09/27/2010

09/27/2010

D

154,999

06/05/2007

06/05/2016

Common Stock

154,999

(4)

0

D

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0.001 (5)

09/27/2010

09/27/2010

D

15,000

05/12/2011

05/12/2014

Common Stock

15,000

(6)

0

D

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0.001 (5)

09/27/2010

09/27/2010

D

15,000

06/01/2010

06/01/2013

Common Stock

15,000

(7)

0

D

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0.001 (5)

09/27/2010

09/27/2010

D

20,000

07/21/2012

07/21/2012

Common Stock

20,000

(8)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Gast Randall T C/O 3PAR INC. 4209 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE FREMONT, CA 94538			VP, Corporate Operations

Signatures

/s/ Ricardo E. Velez, Atty-in-Fact for Randall T. Gast		09/30/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the terms of a merger agreement between the issuer, Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP") and Rio Acquisition Corporation (the "Merger"), this option was assumed and exchanged for an option to purchase 24,957 shares of HP common stock at an exercise price per share of $11.89.
(2)	Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, 10,000 shares under this option were not assumed by HP and were cancelled in exchange for a cash payment to Reporting Person equal to the difference between the offer price per share of $33.00 and the exercise price per share of the option. The remaining shares under the option were assumed and exchanged for an option to purchase 24,957 shares of HP common stock at an exercise price per share of $11.26.
(3)	Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, 17,500 shares under this option were not assumed by HP and were cancelled in exchange for a cash payment to Reporting Person equal to the difference between the offer price per share of $33.00 and the exercise price per share of the option. The remaining shares under the option were assumed and exchanged for an option to purchase 14,558 shares of HP common stock at an exercise price per share of $10.78.
(4)	Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, this option was not assumed by HP and was cancelled in exchange for a cash payment to Reporting Person equal to the difference between the offer price per share of $33.00 and the exercise price per share of the option.
(5)	Represents par value of Issuer's common stock.
(6)	Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, this restricted stock unit was exchanged for a restricted stock unit covering 12,478 shares of HP common stock.
(7)	Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, this restricted stock unit was exchanged for a restricted stock unit covering 12,478 shares of HP common stock.
(8)	Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, this restricted stock unit was exchanged for a restricted stock unit covering 16,638 shares of HP common stock.

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